Well as you can see, I haven't written about Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, so here's a run down on my days so far:
Sunday: Sunday was Church! I had been asked to do the Kid's church preach (kind of like Sunday school, but without the stigma!) and felt to do it on the Pentecost and the Holy Spirit. I wasn't sure, so ask that God would confirm this. It wasn't until I arrived, and Pastor Paul introduced the Sunday, that I realised it was Pentecost Sunday, making the topic even more right! The service before leaving for the Kid's church part was fun, I ended up playing drums for two songs as there resident drummer happened to be at home recovering from illness that week. Now for anyone who knows my drumming skills, they are terrible! But it turned out alright! Also played acoustic for two songs, which went down really well.
So then it was kid's church, and I preached to these kids and talked about England! Got to also pray for each one of them, and God really exercised my own personal gift of the prophetic, as I started praying for these kids, one fell over in the spirit, another cried, and one I felt God saying had healing hands. This was particularly exciting for me, as I haven't had a chance to fully exercise this gift for a while, and it was fantastic to be able to be active in it. Apparently, this was the first time anyone can remember Kid's Church going on longer then the main meeting, as I was still praying for kids at 12:50 whilst the adults were having teas and coffees! It was a marvelous time.
In the Eve, we went to this event called a Kitzayara, which I'm sure I've spelt wrong. It's a Spanish coming of age ceremony, the age being 15, which seemed a bit odd to me, but hey. It was interesting, though also a bit long and monotonous. Two of the youth out here had to wear tuxedo's for the event, and they were burning up, with one of them sending a text message reading: "Jesus wasn't this hot when he went to hell and took the key to death!" This was a particular highlight of mine! It was an interesting event, although very alien to me, particularly as I didn't know the individuals involved, but they all looked like they enjoyed it to a point. This brings me to Monday.
Monday
Well, Monday, I had lunch with Pastor Paul and his wife, Perrianne, and the youth pastors Rae and Naomi Bannon, oh and P and P's son, Noel, whose 8, was there! We had a nice lunch, they talked a lot about youth, and where they saw it going, and it was interesting to be a part of those discussions.
The afternoon I served by helping Paul with the accounts in the office, and was blessed to find the Church had raised some money for me as a thank you gift. This was a huge blessing, and will pay for at least half of my fair over here.
The evening, Pastor Paul cooked us steaks, that were absolutely gorgeous! If your even in Texas, find him, and ask for them! They were awesome.
The late evening, I got to spend some time with the Children's Pastor, Jerry, who produces an all night radio show. I sat with him for the whole night, doing the behind the scenes, but also hearing him talk to people in need on the phone, and saw that he was truly a blessing for these people. Our conversations went from intense to comedy, and each one was a blessing, however the next day I felt not having any sleep and had a quick nap!
Tuesday:
This was my recovery day, although first I attended a meeting between Perrianne and the other Children's pastor, Rose, Jerry's wife. It was a good time of talking and sharing ideas, inputting into their ideas things that work in English culture, and also taking from American Culture things that work in children's work, and would be good to bring back to the UK.
The afternoon was sleep time, followed by a trip to Walmart to do some shopping, since I hadn't had the chance yet! The evening was a time of relaxing, eating fried Cat fish, that had been caught by Rae and Naomi last year, and spending time with people who I would consider extended family. It was a joyous time, and lovely to be together. Well, that sums up the last 3 days!
God truly has blessed this trip, revealing things to me everyday, and showing me His grace, His love, just Him, is all that I need in this world.
Blessings, Rich
Sunday: Sunday was Church! I had been asked to do the Kid's church preach (kind of like Sunday school, but without the stigma!) and felt to do it on the Pentecost and the Holy Spirit. I wasn't sure, so ask that God would confirm this. It wasn't until I arrived, and Pastor Paul introduced the Sunday, that I realised it was Pentecost Sunday, making the topic even more right! The service before leaving for the Kid's church part was fun, I ended up playing drums for two songs as there resident drummer happened to be at home recovering from illness that week. Now for anyone who knows my drumming skills, they are terrible! But it turned out alright! Also played acoustic for two songs, which went down really well.
So then it was kid's church, and I preached to these kids and talked about England! Got to also pray for each one of them, and God really exercised my own personal gift of the prophetic, as I started praying for these kids, one fell over in the spirit, another cried, and one I felt God saying had healing hands. This was particularly exciting for me, as I haven't had a chance to fully exercise this gift for a while, and it was fantastic to be able to be active in it. Apparently, this was the first time anyone can remember Kid's Church going on longer then the main meeting, as I was still praying for kids at 12:50 whilst the adults were having teas and coffees! It was a marvelous time.
In the Eve, we went to this event called a Kitzayara, which I'm sure I've spelt wrong. It's a Spanish coming of age ceremony, the age being 15, which seemed a bit odd to me, but hey. It was interesting, though also a bit long and monotonous. Two of the youth out here had to wear tuxedo's for the event, and they were burning up, with one of them sending a text message reading: "Jesus wasn't this hot when he went to hell and took the key to death!" This was a particular highlight of mine! It was an interesting event, although very alien to me, particularly as I didn't know the individuals involved, but they all looked like they enjoyed it to a point. This brings me to Monday.
Monday
Well, Monday, I had lunch with Pastor Paul and his wife, Perrianne, and the youth pastors Rae and Naomi Bannon, oh and P and P's son, Noel, whose 8, was there! We had a nice lunch, they talked a lot about youth, and where they saw it going, and it was interesting to be a part of those discussions.
The afternoon I served by helping Paul with the accounts in the office, and was blessed to find the Church had raised some money for me as a thank you gift. This was a huge blessing, and will pay for at least half of my fair over here.
The evening, Pastor Paul cooked us steaks, that were absolutely gorgeous! If your even in Texas, find him, and ask for them! They were awesome.
The late evening, I got to spend some time with the Children's Pastor, Jerry, who produces an all night radio show. I sat with him for the whole night, doing the behind the scenes, but also hearing him talk to people in need on the phone, and saw that he was truly a blessing for these people. Our conversations went from intense to comedy, and each one was a blessing, however the next day I felt not having any sleep and had a quick nap!
Tuesday:
This was my recovery day, although first I attended a meeting between Perrianne and the other Children's pastor, Rose, Jerry's wife. It was a good time of talking and sharing ideas, inputting into their ideas things that work in English culture, and also taking from American Culture things that work in children's work, and would be good to bring back to the UK.
The afternoon was sleep time, followed by a trip to Walmart to do some shopping, since I hadn't had the chance yet! The evening was a time of relaxing, eating fried Cat fish, that had been caught by Rae and Naomi last year, and spending time with people who I would consider extended family. It was a joyous time, and lovely to be together. Well, that sums up the last 3 days!
God truly has blessed this trip, revealing things to me everyday, and showing me His grace, His love, just Him, is all that I need in this world.
Blessings, Rich
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