We begin our day with amazing worship service at Mountain West church. The music, talk and prayer was so moving and inspiring.
A little back story we were connected with this church through the middle school-Milwaukee mission trip site director. God began working His spirit last Tuesday when we were need for a church to stay in. And while we worshiped today many of us would tell you that we felt as if the pastor's message was just for us. As the Mountain West church filled our hearts, we has a young people energized them. For me it was a reminder that God is at work in so many places and that we box Him a box to often. We forget how big He is!
Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." (Matthew 19:26 NIV)
The pastor's sermon was titled Run to Win based off the passage: Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! (1 Corinthians 9:24 NLT)
He shared that is not just about saying we are Christian but is putting that into action. A runner needs to train and be discipline to run a marathon. And in order to run that race the runner needs to change and adapt his life. As Christians we also need to be discipline in our faith lives and change to follow Jesus. We need to move into action.
This message ties so well with our mission trip theme this week to love God with all your heart, mind and strength and your neighbor as yourself.
We need to give Him everything, our whole being. This week we are Here to love God, and love on the people of Atlanta with our whole being... We are beginning our journey to move into action.
Today was also our play day:
We visited the world of Coca Cola where we tasted coke products from all over the world. The olympic torch just came through Atlanta so many of us had our pictures with that milestone event.
We enjoyed a winning baseball game by the Atlanta Braves.
We arrived to our Youth Works site at 5:00pm and settled into our new home for the week.
We are all excited to jump into our week and see what more amazing things God has planned for us.
Blessing,
Mel
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