Tuesday, January 30, 2007

How is it going now? (Wednesday - Thursday)

Here's The Devotional
Mission Trip To Your Life DevotionalClick on the link above to get the devotional.Make sure you tell anyone who didn't get a devotional on Sunday Night to go this site and get it.


Check out the comments from the post below this (How did it go? Monday-Tuesday)


How did the mission trip go today?

What stuck out to you about the devotional?Where did you see God?

Did God use you today?


RESPOND
Share how the trip is going Click on the link below that says comment or comments. From type out your thoughts in the right corner of the screen. Then click on anonymous below and then click on publish your comment. The picture to the right is an example of the screen you will see when you click on the comments link.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi collin,

I am really enjoying the mission trip to my own life! Even though I could put more effort into it. I like the yellow packet becouse it halps me reflect on my day. Thank you so much for organizing this.

Your brother in Christ,
JOSH PRYDE

Anonymous said...

hey MTTYL'ers!

i hope and pray that everyone's week is going great.

so far, my week has been challenging. I started off by making all the teachers at my school little postcard size notes to encourage them duirng the stressful finals week, telling them they are great teachers(even the ones i didnt think were too great), and reminding them to smile. It felt great to see all the teachers had put them up on the white board. I gave them annonymously because i didnt deserve credit and its nice to know that someone you dont know is thinking of you. I've been thinking alot about different people in my life, including the ones i've hurt and the ones who have hurt me. I have hurt one specific person(a teacher at my school who also attents CTK) and that person after almost a year, is still mad at me. she won't look at me, talk to me, and she tells the other teachers what a horrible person i am. I feel that asking forgiveness is the right thing to do, especially now that my heart is in the right place to take responsibility wholly and truthfully. going to a person you have hurt and asking for forgiveness is i think the single hardest thing to do. I think today is the day. Even if she decides that she isnt ready to forgive me, i think i will feel better knowing that that burden is off my chest. After feeling the pain that comes with knowing someone won't forgive you, i started thinking about the people that i haven't forgiven. I called my dad this morning and let him know that i still love him and i forgive him for what he had done. But sometimes it seems like there are certain things that are unforgiveable, when somebody has hurt you so much, you never think forgiveness is deservable. Though i don't talk to and havent seen a specific person who has wronged and offended me in so many ways, now isn't the time to find him, but i have forgiven him in my heart. i feel so releived and renewed. Forgiveness is the single greatest think someone can do. not only on the receiving end, but on the giving end as well. My week has already been worthwile!


love,
Karly

Colin Potts said...

Today has been interesting. I got frustrated with my wife really easily and had to go back and ask for forgiveness and then I really tried to listen to how it affected her. I got to work and had a meeting that made me realize that I offended some people and I wrote them a letter to apologize and hope to talk to them sometime.

I'm not too excited right now but being on a mission trip to my life helped me to be humble right away and confess my wrongs to others.

I also got up early read some scripture and put a part of a psalm on a picture I took last year at Baker. The Psalm said something about the mountain peeks belonging to God. It felt cool to worship through photography and picture program.

daniel creutz said...

today at school i sat down to eat my lunch(by the way it was asian bar). will i was eating i started to think how this mission trip could change my life and how god has blessed me with so many brilliant friends that treat me nicely(yes zack that includes you). i was almost done except i still had a fortune cookie. now normally i think these things are stupid and taste bad but i was still thinking about the mission so i didnt really notice what i was eating so i broke it and ate it and inside the paper said "soon someone new coming into your life will be a best friend."i thought how amazing it was that god will keep blessing you no matter what you do. so im still waiting for that best friend.

My name is Shauna said...

MTTYLers (i am stealing that from Karly),

I still have no idea what it looks like to every part of my everyday life and give it as an offering, but I love learning. I have to say that besides some ridiculously great prayer times, my favorite part of this is you guys! It has been amazing to read this blog, talk on the phone and recieve text message that allow us all to contect on what God is doing. I hope that what I take away from this is that I continue to talk with others on a regular basis on what God is going in their life- it is so encouraging and real. I cannot wait to see everyone on Sat for the pancakes and times of sharing! Shauna

Toby said...

Well today I was just swamped with work. I worked until 7:30 tonight, but the day flew by quickly. I didn’t read the devotional until just now. Today, I saw God working through someone else who works at CTK. I fancy Mexican food, like I love Mexican food. There’s one restaurant where most of us CTK Mexican lovers go to eat lunch, and this staff member has become friends with everyone of the workers at this restraint, specifically a certain waiter. Whenever I go to lunch with this person I’m just amazed at his gift for people… I asked him once “you talk to the waiter as if your friends” and he said “We are friends!”. Then I saw that person (the waiter) coming in to meet with that staff member today! Now I don’t know if this person knows Christ or not. He might. But I just thought man, how amazing would it to be to be able to do that. Make friends with people right away, and then show them (or talk with them) about Christ! I wish I was so bold and talented…..

Then I read today’s scripture, Mathew 10. I don’t have to be given certain skills to be able to show people Christ, I just have to follow scripture. The road map is right in front of me, all I have to do is be obedient to it. So I guess I was convicted….. when I go out into public, do I leave people saying “he’s just another person in the world”, or do I leave them saying ‘man there was something DIFFERENT about that person, I wonder what it is?”. How do people you don’t know see you?

PS I would also like to say that reading Karlys comment really touched me. I too have some forgiveness/lack of trust issues, and I’m so proud that you did that Karly! You’re my sudo-hero!

Anonymous said...

All I can say is that reading all of this brings more joy to my heart than I've ever felt before doing ministry. It's amazing to see and hear how so many students and leaders are being used by God in their day to day lives!

Anonymous said...

The mission trip has been going pretty good. My back hurts, my sleeping bag is getting kinda uncomfortable...

I thought I was going to feel alone this week, but I've felt so close to everyone, it's been amazing! Phone calls, comments, and just reading this blog has been so encouraging for me.

God is giving me a new heart, and news eyes, as I've viewed my everyday ordinary life with Christ in the center of each and everyday.

Prayer is what has been keeping me going this week. God has spoken to me in huge ways, and I'm so excited to see what else he has in store for me. Last night I took some time to really focus on God and I began to realized just how powerful He is. God is so much greater than anyone or anything, He loves me even though I don't even deserve so speak his name. Yet He's always with me -no matter how undeserving I may be- and He loves me...

This mission trip is turning out to be more than I thought it would!

-Hannah E

LindsayJoy said...

Hey everyone! One of my goals on this mission trip was to sponsor another child through compassion international. I wrote a blog about it on my own page...but I thought I would post a picture of little Anyara. She is so beautiful! The Lord is so awesome in how he enables us to trust him with our finances and in doing so we get to bless other people.

Little Anyara lives in the Dominican Republic. I am so excited to pray for her. She is on my heart. (You can go to my blogger account to see her picture!)


I am glad that even as a leader, I can participate in this mission to our lives. Being intentional for Christ is powerful and should be part of every week!! Praying for all you other MTTYLers

God Bless, Lindsay Joy

Anonymous said...

the other morning at work i got ignored. Big time. I was running garbage out to the dumpster and two men were standing on the sidewalk blocking the path. Since there were about a billion cars in the parking lot, the sidewalk was the only route. I tried to politely excuse myself past them--and was ignored. So, maybe they didn't hear me. Again, I brightly asked if I could squeeze by. No response. Ignored. They did not want to have to look at or acknowledge the garbage girl. Finally, one man turned around, glared at me (as I was very inconvient to their conversation) and stepped aside. I scooted past with my overflowing garbage can that honestly is taller than me. This whole deal got me thinking though; they ignored me because i was an inconvenience--a hindrance to their world at the moment. Who do i ignore? God was challenging me to think about who is it in my world that i maybe don't listen to, look at, or acknowledge out of pure convenience. It's easier not too. It was pretty interesting--then, i came home and read the devotional for the day and it was the story about feeding the 5000--AFTER Jesus's buddy had just been decapitated. INCONVENIENT!!! No mistake that the story was about loving people, serving them, and DOING MIRICLES, even when its not the "best timing" for us. we don't get to ignore people. we just don't get to. so, God has definately been showing me people that just get passed by and glared at everyday. and, i get the honor of smiling and actually caring about their day as i hand them their coffee. ;) I need his help remembering though.
you guys are amazing..and seriously, hearing your stories and heart for finding what God is doing around you is keeping me in this thing.
Prayin for a strong finish (wait, i mean...continuation) of this week!!
much love, RoBin d