Day 15
NEW ARRIVALS:
This afternoon Ray, Brent, David (from Believers Church), Dan, Dick, and Don arrived. About two hours later, Chris & Jane got here after their 20+ hour drive. It is so nice to be visited by good friends while being away from home! I pray that by the end of this week, Trinity church feels like 'home' to these 8 new arrivals. When Dave, Brent & Ray arrived, they were the ONLY team on the church grounds: but by Sunday night there will be over 110 new mission volunteers from 7 different states and Canada. Wow! Also serving this week are churches from Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Maryland, California and Texas.
The daily schedule for the new teams will look something like this: 6:00 am wake up, 6:30 breakfast, 7:00 group devotion, 7:15 team leader meeting, 7:30 gather tools and head out to the work site. Noon lunch & lunchtime devotional, 5:00 pm end work - get back to church, unload tools, debrief work that was completed & shower, 6:30 supper; The 7:00-8:00pm schedule changes daily: Monday, Free time & testimonies/ Tuesday, Q & A with Pastor Michael/ Wednesday, Evening church service/ Thursday, Inner city cross cultural training/Friday, Free time.
You can see it is a full week. Yet there is always time to make sure we all stay in God's word, and share stories with each other of what God did in our lives today. The job we are doing down here is more than simply good works, it is an overflow of our love for Christ. To over flow, we must stay abundantly full of His love, right? How can we overflow if we are drained, spent or tapped out? Please pray with us that we all stay abundantly filled with the love of Christ!
Have a great Sunday! Please click "comment" if you have encouragement or questions for us, and PLEASE click if you have a bid for the Panama hat & bandana auction! The auction proceeds will go 100% directly to one family who we have personally worked with over our 5 weeks of service.
To see more photos of the mission, and other mission information click here:
New Orleans mission photo pages
1Timothy 1:14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
-mj
This afternoon Ray, Brent, David (from Believers Church), Dan, Dick, and Don arrived. About two hours later, Chris & Jane got here after their 20+ hour drive. It is so nice to be visited by good friends while being away from home! I pray that by the end of this week, Trinity church feels like 'home' to these 8 new arrivals. When Dave, Brent & Ray arrived, they were the ONLY team on the church grounds: but by Sunday night there will be over 110 new mission volunteers from 7 different states and Canada. Wow! Also serving this week are churches from Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Maryland, California and Texas.
The daily schedule for the new teams will look something like this: 6:00 am wake up, 6:30 breakfast, 7:00 group devotion, 7:15 team leader meeting, 7:30 gather tools and head out to the work site. Noon lunch & lunchtime devotional, 5:00 pm end work - get back to church, unload tools, debrief work that was completed & shower, 6:30 supper; The 7:00-8:00pm schedule changes daily: Monday, Free time & testimonies/ Tuesday, Q & A with Pastor Michael/ Wednesday, Evening church service/ Thursday, Inner city cross cultural training/Friday, Free time.
You can see it is a full week. Yet there is always time to make sure we all stay in God's word, and share stories with each other of what God did in our lives today. The job we are doing down here is more than simply good works, it is an overflow of our love for Christ. To over flow, we must stay abundantly full of His love, right? How can we overflow if we are drained, spent or tapped out? Please pray with us that we all stay abundantly filled with the love of Christ!
Have a great Sunday! Please click "comment" if you have encouragement or questions for us, and PLEASE click if you have a bid for the Panama hat & bandana auction! The auction proceeds will go 100% directly to one family who we have personally worked with over our 5 weeks of service.
To see more photos of the mission, and other mission information click here:
New Orleans mission photo pages
1Timothy 1:14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
-mj
posted by Mark Jensen | 11:34 PM
7 Comments:
Hey Marko,
Great stories and pics! I praise God for the work He's doing in and through you!
In just a couple hours I will be doing a super-condensed (12 hours of material boiled down to less than 3!) training presentation for a group from a local church (www.cedarbrookchurch.net) who are leaving next Sunday to come down and work with Samaritan's purse. I'm jazzed that I can connect with this group to help BUILD HIS CHURCH with LIVING STONES! Please pray for me and this group as they prepare to go to the front lines!
I'll be sharing some of your stories, as well as giving them your blog-site, ... so I hope you'll be getting more hits!
We'll be praying for you ... and Cathy as you now have to go it solo. Remember, we're with you in heart, soul and spirit!
Deuteronomy 6:4-9!
Rhino Dave
Hey guys,
Just talked to Smokey - obviously God is doing something awesome (what else would we expect from HIM!).
Just to remind you - as we are praying for you - we'd appreciate your prayers as we do "inflatables" this Wed night!
Thanks for serving!!
Rick
What a thrill to see some more familiar faces down there! Tell Chrissy and Jane that little Nathan sends his love.
Mark, I want to tell how awesome these updates are…as life just chugs along as usual up here, these updates have been an awesome reminder for me that God is not isolated to northern Wisconsin…our God is huge, and He is daily actively at work to the very ends of the earth. I am awestruck when I realize that there was a time when the common understanding was that God was confined to a single location (the temple in Jerusalem)…and now, the huge contrast that God has made known to us…that He is with us always and everywhere, even to the end of the age. God doesn’t merely spend His days hanging out with Kelli, Nathan and I in Minocqua… He is also with all of you in New Orleans… He is with the group in Peru… he is…well, everywhere. Anyways, Mark, I just wanted to applaud your updates…they remind me that God is BIG.
Love you all,
Arnie
Mark just wondering if you had looked for my watch yet? It is the silve one with a blue face. Good to see God doing such great work down there. Keep the spirits up as Cathy is away. Rob
Be sure to tell Dad (Dan) hi and that we love him and can't wait to hear of all his adventures. Everyone be safe and show Christ's love!
- Jeremy, Rach, Aidan, and Micah
Hey Good Mornng Mark!
The updates are great! Thanks to you and all who are volunteering there for HIS purposes! Everyone are in my prayers daily. Monday's have been kind of quiet, but a few snows have kept me busy cleaning the drive! God BLess...see you soon.
Mike
Dude!
We're dyin' for an update!
Hope you got some "rest" this week!
We need to "come apart with God" ... otherwise we're going to "come apart" because of our own doing!
Blessings,
Dave J
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