In less than two weeks, I'll be going home on airplane leaving the state of Alaska after spending nearly all of summer here. The last two weeks have been really busy doing a lot of volunteer work, outreach activities and helping out with Vacation Bible School. This is most likely my last post here in Juneau before going home and wrapping up my final project post of the summer. So, here's a recap of what's been happening the 2 weeks in Juneau.
Service wise, I had a chance to go help out with this non-profit christian group called Love Inc. (company) All they do is help out the people who need food or furniture...even other things. When I was there a week ago, Me and 3 other students from project went out to pickup and deliver furniture to 4 different locations after the nice elderly ladies gave up a little devotional before doing all of this for them. I really enjoyed doing that for them and I rode the big yellow van with Joe (one of the students) and kind of helping him trying to find the houses. Plus, after the delivery of the furniture we just prayer for each person in whatever the person needed.
Friday Night (15th) our action group went camping for the 1st time since our original staff leader left. It turned out really good. I think we have the best action group on this project. A shout out to all of them ( Cody, Kyle, Mike, and Steven) we have definitely bonded throughout this project having a good time camping, get together or taken group pictures it been fun. I have had some good meals throughout project too, so at least twice a week we can eat some good stuff.
Couple of Saturdays ago, Me and Cody were out trying to used the perspective cards to good use but not many people were at the park (Twin Lakes) so we went to the playground and found this tower castle and went inside to check it out and these little kids come up the slide and ask me "Are you Michael Jackson??" And I say, "Na Dawg, I'm not Michael Jackson!" Yeah, I said that haha so the little kids chase me around the playground for like 10 minutes or so before they settled down. And then the same kids said "Goodbye, Michael Jackson" as I left...funny stuff.
Two Sundays ago I enjoyed Pastor Mills (Glacier Valley) sermon about keeping Jesus center stage. That is huge in a person's life and there was 3 keys topics that I got out of it...
1) The peace of Christ is to rule from within
2) Make genuine thankfulness a habit
3) Make your heart a home for his word
The passage came from Colossians 3:15-17 it was a good message for all of us. Pastor Mills sermons during the time that I have been up in Juneau have been really good.
The previous Manhood Development (12th) was about following the cross of Christ. At least we are called to do something for God and we need to put down whatever were doing and follow him. As a group, we ended up as a group building a cross near well close to Eagle Beach. No group has never don that before, so our group leaders came up with that idea.
Last Monday night discussion was about seeking God/at the end of the day what did we do for God. We basically talked about growing up in our walk with Christ and not wasting time with other false doctrines in our lives and debate other topics that we need to talk about and stop wasting time. Tuesday's Manhood Development our group played Tug-of-War for like 6 rounds and the message related to that was going out and put everything on the line for Christ.
This past week I was able to help out my church (Glacier Valley) with Vacation Bible School. I enjoyed that a lot. Didn't starting helping until Tuesday when they needed more help with over 125 kids. I spent most of my time there in the crafts section helping about at least 30 kids with building the apple carts that they were making. The theme was New York City; the church had to look like New York even though it's not real in real life. This is more about them learn about Jesus and that is the important part. Also, participated in helping Faust (Steven) with the painting of the theater stage with the kids as well. It was for there background for the big show for Friday night.
Edward's Corner: During my down time while not doing project activities I have been hanging with my project friends more going out to movies. I have watched more movies this summer than last year I didn't see a whole lot of movie last year very cool to getting out of my shell this summer. The next blog post will come after I return to the lower 48 after project ends which is on August 5th. I will be getting back on the plane 6am on the following day (Sunday) I will be going home. And I got something in store for all of you, I will share what happen in the final two weeks and I might have some surprises for you. Thank you to all of my supporters for everything even prayers. A couple things still need to be taken care of, but still keep me and project group in your prayers as project is counting down to the end...Talk to you guys again in 2 weeks I will be returning home from Juneau Summer Project.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
Chapter 15: Men's Summer Project 2011 Series: The MAZE (Part 2)...Week 7
The second half of project begins and the original staff is leaving and the new staff comes in and starts to do work. We all need to step up as things begin to wine down...
Last Saturday, I went to see the new movie Transformers 3 with a huge group from project. The movie out of the previous 2 that I have seen was by far the best. A lot of things were happening especially the one big scene at Chicago. The action was really good toward the ends. If any of you haven't seen the movie yet I won't say anything more but you should check it out.
On Sunday, I really enjoyed the message from our pastor which was "Getting out of our comfort zone." The message fits almost perfectly with me. Pastor Mills talked about letting you talents say inside the living room and just be comfortable around there. It's all about taking chances and going out in the world and doing things that your are not accustomed to doing during everyday life. There were about 5 keys into doing being out of your own comfort zone
1) God will take the initiative
2) Be teachable to grow and expand on your knowledge
3) Keeping the line level when trying to teach others
4) Obedience is not a choice
5) Be open to adjustments; keeping basically an open mind
If we are all being led by the spirit then we have that opportunity to get moved out of our comfort zone. We all can't plan everything. We can try but at the end it's God's has a plan on what he wants us to do.
Working for the radio station this week at Calvary Christian Fellowship wasn't that bad at all. It's been somewhat of a dream job for quite sometime. What my manager told me last weekend when I met up with him during Men's breakfast is that "to learn how to do things, you have to just get in there and get to it" And that's what I have been doing over the course of the week. He even told me that he is an easy person to work with so there are no problems there. Tuesday, was amazing we went through this manhood ceremony the last Tuesday that the original staff was apart of this year's summer project before the new staff took over. Wednesday, as part of my volunteer work I was over the air live (radio) on a show called "Rush Hour" with Adam and David. That was a lot of fun to talk on live radio; I'll be doing that for the rest of the month. These guys are pretty chill and funny guys to be around.
THE MAZE
We promoted the event on the night of July 3 when the city of Juneau had there firework celebration. That's was good when we out there because the rest of days we would be downtown and the place would be just dead. We did radio announcements too I made one over the radio station. Friday night we had like over I think 600 attending the MAZE and over now 90 people who accepted Christ which was awesome. We are doing follow-up with these people right now to hear their stories, so it will be interesting. 4 weeks left on project...I will report back in 2 weeks.
Last Saturday, I went to see the new movie Transformers 3 with a huge group from project. The movie out of the previous 2 that I have seen was by far the best. A lot of things were happening especially the one big scene at Chicago. The action was really good toward the ends. If any of you haven't seen the movie yet I won't say anything more but you should check it out.
On Sunday, I really enjoyed the message from our pastor which was "Getting out of our comfort zone." The message fits almost perfectly with me. Pastor Mills talked about letting you talents say inside the living room and just be comfortable around there. It's all about taking chances and going out in the world and doing things that your are not accustomed to doing during everyday life. There were about 5 keys into doing being out of your own comfort zone
1) God will take the initiative
2) Be teachable to grow and expand on your knowledge
3) Keeping the line level when trying to teach others
4) Obedience is not a choice
5) Be open to adjustments; keeping basically an open mind
If we are all being led by the spirit then we have that opportunity to get moved out of our comfort zone. We all can't plan everything. We can try but at the end it's God's has a plan on what he wants us to do.
Working for the radio station this week at Calvary Christian Fellowship wasn't that bad at all. It's been somewhat of a dream job for quite sometime. What my manager told me last weekend when I met up with him during Men's breakfast is that "to learn how to do things, you have to just get in there and get to it" And that's what I have been doing over the course of the week. He even told me that he is an easy person to work with so there are no problems there. Tuesday, was amazing we went through this manhood ceremony the last Tuesday that the original staff was apart of this year's summer project before the new staff took over. Wednesday, as part of my volunteer work I was over the air live (radio) on a show called "Rush Hour" with Adam and David. That was a lot of fun to talk on live radio; I'll be doing that for the rest of the month. These guys are pretty chill and funny guys to be around.
THE MAZE
We promoted the event on the night of July 3 when the city of Juneau had there firework celebration. That's was good when we out there because the rest of days we would be downtown and the place would be just dead. We did radio announcements too I made one over the radio station. Friday night we had like over I think 600 attending the MAZE and over now 90 people who accepted Christ which was awesome. We are doing follow-up with these people right now to hear their stories, so it will be interesting. 4 weeks left on project...I will report back in 2 weeks.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Chapter 14: Men's Summer Project 2011 Series: The MAZE (Part 1)...Week 6
This marks the halfway point of my summer mission trip in Juneau, Alaska. And looking back so far on this trip, I think this week has been the most frustrating one just because of the job situation that 12 of us were put in. But in each situation you need to learn from it and move on. Being angry for a long time doesn't helped the situation, it just makes everything worse; God does things for a reason, he has a plan for each and every one of us. Yeah, it been tough looking for another place to work for just one more month, like not even that 3 or 4 more weeks. It's been a rough go but things are finally starting to calm down for some at least half of us. I will tell you more what I'll be doing with in the month so later.
Coming back from the camping trip weekend at Sawmill and hearing about the news on our job at Fred Meyer and then waiting was annoying. The reason why we were all let go because of the stories didn't meet their budget and other things and I'll leave it like that. The rest of the week has been good, I have been able to hanging out with some of the guys and build that community. One of the important things that Coorts talked about on Monday night. The topic of the night an authentic man need to live a Christ life meaning these 5 things include
1) has an proper relationship with God (there is no plan B)
2) the diet of truth (being real in your faith)
3) having a relationship with other men in the community
4) cutting the availability of our parents; slowly not been disrespectful
5) start being authentic with other guys when we all return to our college campus
We all need to have a true relationship with Christ; it's go to go a long way on our view in life. Tuesday night was one of the favorite things on this summer project that I really enjoyed. We were all encouraging one another saying positive things to each other instead of saying negative things that come out of our mouths. That also can apply to real life as well with anyone. Wednesday night, we had our weekly meeting and the whole announcements were told in story like form and during our information time, I went up in front of the group and told everyone about "The MAZE" which is coming up this Friday in the city of Juneau. In next week blog (Part 2) I will give you guys the rundown on what happen with the MAZE and Jim Munroe...The next month I'll will be possibly work with a Church who has a radio station within the church; their name is Calvary Christian Fellowship-I'll be most likely helping them out with their radio program which is very exciting! Keep us in our prayers this week for The MAZE and that Jim Munroe can have an awesome performance as he also gives his testimony to the city of Juneau. Pray for me as I'm about to make my radio appearance. Talk to guys next week for Part 2.
Coming back from the camping trip weekend at Sawmill and hearing about the news on our job at Fred Meyer and then waiting was annoying. The reason why we were all let go because of the stories didn't meet their budget and other things and I'll leave it like that. The rest of the week has been good, I have been able to hanging out with some of the guys and build that community. One of the important things that Coorts talked about on Monday night. The topic of the night an authentic man need to live a Christ life meaning these 5 things include
1) has an proper relationship with God (there is no plan B)
2) the diet of truth (being real in your faith)
3) having a relationship with other men in the community
4) cutting the availability of our parents; slowly not been disrespectful
5) start being authentic with other guys when we all return to our college campus
We all need to have a true relationship with Christ; it's go to go a long way on our view in life. Tuesday night was one of the favorite things on this summer project that I really enjoyed. We were all encouraging one another saying positive things to each other instead of saying negative things that come out of our mouths. That also can apply to real life as well with anyone. Wednesday night, we had our weekly meeting and the whole announcements were told in story like form and during our information time, I went up in front of the group and told everyone about "The MAZE" which is coming up this Friday in the city of Juneau. In next week blog (Part 2) I will give you guys the rundown on what happen with the MAZE and Jim Munroe...The next month I'll will be possibly work with a Church who has a radio station within the church; their name is Calvary Christian Fellowship-I'll be most likely helping them out with their radio program which is very exciting! Keep us in our prayers this week for The MAZE and that Jim Munroe can have an awesome performance as he also gives his testimony to the city of Juneau. Pray for me as I'm about to make my radio appearance. Talk to guys next week for Part 2.
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