Hello from Chicago! Wow, we blinked and it is day three of ministry here in the Windy City. This week we have two teams of youth here from Indiana and Ohio. Our focus this week has been meeting people where they are at through engaging in conversations, meeting needs (physical and spiritual), and allow room for the Holy Spirit to interrupt us and guide us. As a team co-leader of this trip, I can honestly say it has been incredible to watch the youth and adults step into a deeper understanding of who God is, how He speaks, and how we can look more like His Son through their ministry opportunities and debrief conversations. This trip may be short but the impact that it will have in both the participants and the recipients lives WILL be eternal.
Here are just a few highlights over the past three days:
– Watching a woman be led to salvation following an hour long conversation on the street corner.
– Providing physical needs including passing out meals to individuals experiencing homelessness, packing food at a local food bank, painting a classroom at a local school and completing physical labor projects around the church, and spending quality time with local elderly individuals through life-giving and meaningful conversations and games.
– Seeing students step into their God-given abilities and lead in ways they never imagined.
– Creating space and opportunities for walls to crumble and new identities and truths to be spoken and believed.
This week has been real and it’s been challenging and it’s been good. Continue to pray for us as we finish out the week strong!
