We've planned for some time for the trip. Many prayers from our team and many from our church family. Below is a picture of our "commissioning" for the entire team about a week ago.
As we approached the airport it was exciting to think what God has in store for each of us. Is it to learn and realize what abundance we have and what we can actually do without? Is it to be filled with a love and desire for foreign impoverished peoples? Is it to experience missions firsthand and have a heart for this type of service into the future.
The verse that keeps coming to mind over the last week is Psalm 24:1... "The earth is the Lords, and everything in it, the world and all who live in it."
Started at National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum..
@LFCBSA
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Crazy day for sure!
Left the house at 6:15a to attend the annual Character Counts breakfast. The breakfast is one of the main events of Boy scouts of America's - The Last Frontier Council in OKC. (Thanks Tim for inviting me!)
Just ended the day getting back home from church. @heastonyouth
I really couldn't even tell you the year for sure... My guess is it was about 1999-2000 when I took a suburban full of youth to a concert in Weatherford, OK to see this crazy white rapper named John Reuben and another group named Mars ill .
That is me with John Reuben on the left (pic) the night of the concert. Very cool indeed. Really didn't know much about him other than he was a rapper (and had good music) who was a Christian and he was safe to take our kids to see...
It was an incredible show in what was called "the 180". I think it was actually the old theater in downtown Weatherford that a local church had acquired and turned into a special place for high school ministry.
Below is a music video of one of my favorite Johnny Reubonics - "DO NOT"!!
I still remember jumping up and down and going nuts in that place. The kids thought I had lost my mind but the music just connected with me...still does. Maybe its just cause it is fun and has great lyrics...and a dose of reality, morality and biblical worldview. Could be that it is what God used to connect me to youth ministry long ago.
The Christian Hip Hop genre continues to get better and better with new artists, incredible lyrics, etc.. I'll try to share more in posts down the road. Guys like Lecrea, KJ52, Tedashi. I still listen to them all.
My name is Jay, I'm 46 years old and I like rap music! "You’re defined by having an open mind, Yet you close me out every time I speak mine" - John Reuben
We all have an impact. Right? Positive, negative, good or bad.
I wonder sometimes about mine. As a husband, father, friend, subordinate, supervisor, member, follower and the list goes on and on. When you think about it, we have like this continuous process of impacting others all day long...
We are all impactaholics!
Just think about these areas of impact and how we influence others:
actions we take,
things we watch and read,
posts we make,
jokes we share,
topics of discussion,
how we rail against (any) politician,
how we talk about our spouse, kids, employer, pastor, assistants, etc.
Heading to Colcord, OK to visit New Life Ranch..Oh..and taking 38 of my friends! (7 sponsors too)
There's been lots of rain in NE Oklahoma so we shall see if the creek did rise. Interestingly, our cabins are right on the creek..
We will experience many things including: THE SCREAMER, PAMPER POLE, ZIP LINES and even something new for our group.. "HUNT, COOK & EAT".. If its not too wet we will enjoy the old school bus hay ride (they've cut the back top off of the bus).. They'll gun it and we hang on as we ride the rough pasture!!
Certainly each of us will have some Jesus time and awesome worship together. Mostly, i am excited to see how the Lord will stretch us..
