Thank you to everyone who came out to the missions overnight! Despite a busy weekend with sports and SAT's, we were excited to get to meet together and continue to prepare for our upcoming trip.
In our pre-trip meetings, we are studying Genesis 32, and in our last meeting we left Jacob afraid and uncertain about what was about to happen with his brother Esau. We learned that the man that Jacob entered into a wrestling match with was actually God. In the midst of the chaos and fear that Jacob was experiencing, he was not seeking God; however, God came to him and began this wrestling match when he was alone. As we begin to think about how this story of Jacob relates to our lives, it is apparent that many times when we go searching for God, he has been trying to get our attention for a while. In fact, God is usually the one initiating with us way before we even think about turning to God.
There will be a lot of situations in Nicaragua where we will have mini wrestling matches with God as we encounter situations and scenes that we aren't used to seeing here in America. As we went into small group time, we challenged the students to think about whether or not they would recognize the presence of God as he initiates to us in Nicaragua.
Small Group Questions
Nicaragua Checklist #3
Our last meeting before we leave for Nicaragua will be TUESDAY JUNE 14th from 6:30-8:30 in room 156. Please bring any money you have collected and any donations that you have, we will be packing our donation bags for a portion of the night.
