Mission Trip Day 1

We picked up the Everett mission team from the airport yesterday and hit the ground running.  They unfortunately had a 3 hour flight delay, so they didn't land in Seattle until about 3PM local time.  While I went to the airport to go pick them up, we had to call in a number of people from the church to prepare Kid's Club for the evening, which was scheduled to start at 6:00PM!  It all worked out according to plan and, praise God, we were able to go on with Kid's Club in the evening.

 

We currently have 16 kids, which initially was a disappointment because all of us want so many more to come.  However, upon reflection, we had this same struggle early on with getting kids to come last year in Tacoma.  Over the week it fluctuated daily and we watched and waited each day to see who would show up.  Today is different because we will be hosting our first barbecue lunch at Family Tree Apartments!  This will help us to get the word out about Kid's Club and hopefully connect with more families at the complex.  We will be "Jesus with skin" to the people there.

The team also will be hitting the streets of downtown Everett today to prayer walk and do street evangelism.  We are anticipating many interesting stories afterward due to the bold shirts they are wearing that ask simply "who is Jesus to you."  That name can invoke happiness and occasionally anger in this area.  The shirts will give us yet another opportunity to engage with people here and share with them the Good News about the most important thing that could ever be known:  Jesus.

No matter what, the Lord is in this.  Please pray for each of the team that we would see what the Lord is doing today and follow Him.  Pray for men, women, and children to meet Jesus on this very day.  Most of all, pray that we'd submit and not believe in "activity," but instead that we'd believe in the Lord and desire most to see Him work through us.

Psalm 127

Unless the Lord builds a house,
    the work of the builders is wasted.
Unless the Lord protects a city,
    guarding it with sentries will do no good.
² It is useless for you to work so hard
    from early morning until late at night,
anxiously working for food to eat;
    for God gives rest to his loved ones.