night #1 - was full of surprises... i managed to get my car stuck in the snow twice on the way to the institute... this of course made us late for our first day of class... we arrived at the institute expecting to have around 10 students, and only five of them showed up... most of the five that came were not even directly involved in youth ministry... this put kelly and i in scramble mode to try and make the class applicable to everyone... even with all the surprises, the first night went pretty well! praise the Lord!
night #2 - was a pretty big "hurdle" for me. those who know me well, know that i am not much of a talker. so, the idea of teaching for three hours was not something that i was super comfortable with. we did not get through all the material that we had planned, but i taught for almost 2.5 hours... which is a new world record for me haha! another cool thing is that five more students showed up. a very good night again! praise God!
night #3 - for the first half of class, kelly and i decided to have our students observe "fusion." we thought it would be a good idea to expose the class to a new way of contacting youth who would normally never step foot in a church. fusion is a ministry that uses popular music to reach young people for Christ. the ministry is the result of a fusion camp we did this past summer. there were around 20 kids in the summer camp and it has now grown to 30-35 students who gather every wednesday night for "rock choir" practice. they periodically have concerts to prepare for and in the meantime they are hearing God's Truth on a weekly basis. our class left half-way through the fusion practice and headed back to the institute for some q&a time. it was great to hear their feedback from their experience. one of the ladies in the class said that seeing and experiencing fusion for one hour was much more valuable than a weeks worth of sitting in a classroom and talking about ministry! pretty cool to hear, but a little damaging to the ego haha! thank you Jesus!
through our preparation for the class and teaching, i have sensed a lot of spiritual opposition. i know that is usually a good indicator that God is doing something Good, so i am thankful for that! and i am thankful for your prayers! lets keep praying!
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Sounds like God is already using you, even though you felt "in over your head"! It's great that He uses us regardless of our feelings!
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