Tangerine Laughter: Ministry Week!

Ministry Week!

As a part of the training here at BCOM, all of the students participated in a week devoted to living out what we've learned and are training for: being missionaries! We broke into 4 teams, stayed at four different churches, and hit the streets of the Philips neighborhood, seeking to do the will of the Father by building relationships and sharing Jesus through our lives and words.

I had the privilege of leading one of the four groups with my good friend Jeffrey Beiler under the leadership of our awesome Pastor: Norris Rose!

Here's my and my good friend Lindy. We went together during the day to take door to door surveys of the neighborhood we were in, asking the people what the needs in the community were and how the church could help meet those needs. It also opened the door to share with them about Jesus!

This is my awesome team during lunch. We grew really close together during the week as we worshipped and sought God together in the mornings and afternoons and shared with each other what God was doing during the meal times. We had a lot of fun too!

Here's a team going out to take surveys of the Philips Neighborhood.

Here's my awesome teammate, Warren. He has a cool beard and a hilarious laugh so I thought I'd share his coolness with you!

Every evening for dinner we went to a local soup kitchen to hang out and hear the stories of the people who are at a rehabilitation center to get their lives back on track. We made some cool friends and we're mutually encouraged by the people we met there! These two gentlemen were gracious to serve us food!

Here is our wonderful Pastor Rose! We had a great time meeting with him over coffee in the mornings and he did far more than encourage us for the days ministry: he shared his life with us. He's full of wisdom and graciously shared it with us (often with a great laugh!)

Here's part of our team at the park. We did sidewalk chalk and brought along some balls and frisbees to play with the people there. We had a good time!

Here's a woman named Victory that we met at the park. She was incredibly strung out on drugs and was barely coherent. Here I was embracing here and praying for her.