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Often times as mission teams hit midweek, some sort of implosion or conflict occurs, different is Grace Community Church. Wednesday was by far our most spiritual day yet, but even so Satan was still at work and tried many times to keep a wall between us and our goal, being building Christ's Kingdom. The day started with another round of wood splitting and the start of our personal blessing to the Diggins family. A few guys on the team got together and decided that we wanted to bless Bill with a nice woodshed to use for the winter to secure his heating source. As I write this the guys are finishing that up and continuing with the wood.
After wood splitting yesterday VBS began, I personaly hit my wall and found no motivation to knock it down and push forward. Thoughts of my relationship struggles back home and college learing nearer, I could not pull myself to whole heartedly minister to the kids of the Kluckwan Tribe. However I pulled the sharade and did my work in exhaustion but with no passion behind it. VBS as a whole went well but I like to think that a team is only as strong as its weakest teammate and yesterday I wore that crown.
Once we returned back "home" to the church we had some down time, many went on a coffee run but I stayed behind in the feeling of absolute failure that I let Satan pull me down. This is when Missy came to me and instantly knew, I was off my game, we talked and she reminded me of how I'm hear for a reason and those issues back home are in God's hand and not mine to bear. Following our talk I felt recharged and ready for our E.P.I.C. night at the local park. During this Tara Blackwell delivered a flawless testimony that we all saw hit many kids strongly, and God was with her as she spoke with confidence and honesty. Nothing could have followed that better than Summer Stephenson sharing the Gospel, with ease and love in her eyes, she opened the door to all the teens to question us and dive deeper into this thing we call Christianity. I personaly got to speak with a young man by the name of Drew, a senior basketball player. As we talked I layed my heart on the line and told him how simple it was, with eternal life do you want to be in constant joy or do you want to suffer and regret the time you had on earth. With this Drew opened up and began to talk about his struggles with his step-dad, this hit me so hard as he shared his pain of not being appreciated or loved by the man who is supposed to encourage him. As many of you know I struggle with my dad as well, and at that point I saw in Drew's eyes, a want, a longing to change. I prayed for his change as we prayed together and Drew chose to follow Christ and not his own desires. If nothing else comes to fruition this week, we have still suceeded, this is the only reason we are here, to share God's love and let the Holy Spirit work through us. I thank God for Drew and I thank God for putting everyone in the right places yesterday to overcome Satan's wall and reach this point. AND WE STILL HAVE 2 DAYS LEFT HERE!!!!
The night didnt stop there, as a team we worshiped as honestly as I've ever seen it done before, God was there, He was celebrating with us. However God wasn't the only one there last night, Satan continued to pound against our team, as I began to gasp for breathe I struggle for my inhaler, Satan wanted to uproot my joy and my energy, and I began to go into an Asthma attack. As I woke Ben, He Dave and Kenny came to my aid and took me to the local medical facility. After about 45 minutes I began feeling ease with breathing again. God answered our prayers and we once again thwarted Satan.
Today offers another oppetunity to do work in God's name and I cannot sit here and take more time, as there is much for this rhinocerous to do in Haines. On behalf of the team I thank you for the prayer support and we will continue to Glorify God this week.
Kulia I Ka Nu'u
-Rhino
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