Holy Ground at the huge kitchen table
So, this is the main group of girls that spent last week together during the conference. We’re missing Bekah in this picture…I’m not sure where she was when we took it. I tried to post more pictures, but none of them will load, so I guess this is the only picture I can send out for now. We had a great time….listening to Dave Patty (the president of Josiah Venture) speak about life rooted in Christ…cooking meals together…playing games… We brought another table into my house so that my kitchen table would be extended and able to fit 10-13 people around it. We sat around that table and folded brochures for the conference, ate meals, drank coffee, played cards, talked about funny and serious things…and I would have to say that last week represented what I MOST believe about how to share my faith. I am not so excited about preaching or teaching (although I know there are times for that). I’m VERY excited about living life with people and through that, sharing the stories that come from walking closely with God. In the midst of games and meals, we talked about God in our lives. There were many times that I looked around the table and was just overwhelmed with how much I love all these girls and how much I want them to be totally filled with God’s love and with the hope that comes from being satisfied in Him. I pray every day that my own sinfulness won’t get in the way of what God wants to communicate through me while I am here. And I pray that I’ll have ears to hear what He wants to communicate to me through them. I know it is the greatest privilege to be invited into another person’s life…and I know I am on holy ground…not because of my geographic location, but because I’m with these girls, living life with them.
