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Hey Everyone!
Michael, John, Tayler, Mckenzie, Krista and I are all really excited about spending the summer together in Harmons, Jamaica. The 6 of us arrived in Harmons on Sunday, and since then we have had many meetings and prepared the Harmony House for the groups. Our first group will be coming this Sunday and we still have a decent amount of work to be done in order to be ready.
The most significant part of the week for me was finding out our job assignments. I am in charge of spiritual formation, which means I will be leading devotionals for the youth groups in the mornings and evenings. I have been spending a lot of time adding to a cirriculum outline prepared by a few pastors that were in Harmons recently. Our theme for the week will be the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke, which I'm really excited about.
Besides the cirriculum, I think God is already teaching me some critical lessons. Something I realized during my quiet time this morning is that I'm already struggling to trust God with the summer. I've spent much time in prayer since arriving in Harmons, but a lot of that prayer has been prayer "without faith." In James 1:5-7 it says:
"5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord."
I have been praying that our summer staff would a Christ-centered community, that I would find the right boy to mentor, and that I would connect with the youth groups that come down. This morning it really hit me that my prayers haven't had much expectation in them. I've been asking for these things without the assurance to know that God is good, and he will provide what I need for the summer. Such a simple thing to remember, yet how often I forget it!
I hope everyone is doing well-- enjoy the blog!
Adam
Michael, John, Tayler, Mckenzie, Krista and I are all really excited about spending the summer together in Harmons, Jamaica. The 6 of us arrived in Harmons on Sunday, and since then we have had many meetings and prepared the Harmony House for the groups. Our first group will be coming this Sunday and we still have a decent amount of work to be done in order to be ready.
The most significant part of the week for me was finding out our job assignments. I am in charge of spiritual formation, which means I will be leading devotionals for the youth groups in the mornings and evenings. I have been spending a lot of time adding to a cirriculum outline prepared by a few pastors that were in Harmons recently. Our theme for the week will be the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke, which I'm really excited about.
Besides the cirriculum, I think God is already teaching me some critical lessons. Something I realized during my quiet time this morning is that I'm already struggling to trust God with the summer. I've spent much time in prayer since arriving in Harmons, but a lot of that prayer has been prayer "without faith." In James 1:5-7 it says:
"5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord."
I have been praying that our summer staff would a Christ-centered community, that I would find the right boy to mentor, and that I would connect with the youth groups that come down. This morning it really hit me that my prayers haven't had much expectation in them. I've been asking for these things without the assurance to know that God is good, and he will provide what I need for the summer. Such a simple thing to remember, yet how often I forget it!
I hope everyone is doing well-- enjoy the blog!
Adam
