Thank you to everyone who came for our first official meeting of the 2016 Norfolk Missions Team! The Overnight was a big success and a great first meeting for our youngest team members.
In the meeting time, we started off with a team mixer in order to get everyone on the team a little more comfortable with each other and make sure everyone had an opportunity to meet one another. After this we had the first of our three pre trip talks for our summer character study. Each summer before the mission trips, we study a character of the Bible who had some sort of encounter with God and by studying different characters, our hope is to see just how uniquely God works in people's lives and how He can and will use anyone to further the Kingdom.
This summer we are studying Jacob in Genesis 32. Jacob is an interesting character as he actually wrestled with God. In our first study on Jacob, we looked at some of the back story that got Jacob to the point of wrestling with the Lord. Specifically, how he stole his father's blessing from his brother Esau and how he lived in fear of seeing Esau again and avoided confronting him at all costs. The passage ends by Jacob having a wrestling match with God when he is finally alone and away from his family and messengers. We know that we are going to have moments on this trip when we are going to wrestle with God over something we are seeing or experiencing. But this encounter with God happens when we allow ourselves to get alone. It is sometimes hard or uncomfortable, but it is in these moments that we are able to see what God wants to teach us and change us into the people he wants us to be.
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If you have any questions before our next meeting on TUESDAY JUNE 14th please email Nick at nmercer@wcchapel.org.
Norfolk Parent Reminders
