In the time I have left here, not a lot going on necessarily, just finishing off things. There is Color Wars coming again in about 3 or 4 weeks (April 15). All the kids keep asking me all about it and hounding me to tell them what is happening, because I keep dropping hints, but I'm not saying a word until the week before. I am pretty sure it is safe to say all this on here, that being said, as I don't really think the kids come onto my website and read my journals too often. Though there is one or two who I would almost not put it past them to figure that out and try that. I've got a few pretty crafty and smart kids in the Kid's Club group. But anyways, for those of you who missed the journal before when I talked about Color Wars the first time we played it, Color Wars is this huge 3-team game of capture the flag on the Church tent property, and it's real fun. The last time we played, all the kids fully loved it, and so they have been asking me every Sunday since if today is Color Wars. I thought it would be fun to do it one more time just before I go. That date of course being Wednesday, April 25.
For my thoughts in the previous journal, I would say while I still feel led towards some kind of heavy multimedia youth focussed ministry, I am not sure it is quite as I was thinking when I wrote my last journal. I kind of felt during this leaders meeting about a week after writing that journal, that my ideas for what I wanted to do, weren't actually very good ideas and they wouldn't work out very well. I guess sometimes that is kind of hard to take, but better to take it now before I've done much of anything with it than years from now when I have invested so much and really receive next to nothing from it. I kind of learnt in a pointed way that leadership from a distance doesn't work very well. Jesus did not send postcards about the Kindom of Heaven from His house in Nazareth, trying to teach and guide people from distances away. He went out and was relational; He worked everyday with His disciples for over three years teaching and guiding them, as well as the rest of Israel in a lesser degree. So I kind of felt that God was showing me that while all this multimedia stuff is good, I need to keep focussed on a very personal and relational ministry, because that is really the only way anything I have to say and teach will truly sink in to anyone, and so the only way that really any work will truly be accomplished.
So as for now, I am planning to be heading back to Bible College at Summit Pacific College in September, and hopefully be working at a fishing lodge in the Queen Charlotte Islands over the summer to help me raise some money for that.
Back to stuff happening here in Rwanda. Really not a lot happening I suppose. The new Church is coming together well, they are pouring lots of new cement on the main floor of the sanctuary this week, and there are suppost to be two teams coming in fairly quick succession I think both from Canada in a couple weeks to work on the new Church. My water heater above my sink in my washroom has been constantly leaking since Sunday, and the people who run the building are yet to do anything about it, though I've shown it to them a couple times. I think I will have to today go talk to the owner about it. Today I have to get back to the Church office and get a bit of work done, sort some pictures on my external hard drive.
Lately I am finding myself really enjoying the Bible more and more. I am of course keeping steady on my daily Bible reading, but I am also getting back into the memorizing I was doing a lot a month or two ago. So far I've got 1 Corinthians 13, Romans 12:1-2, Psalm 23, The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-10) and Matthew 11:12 memorized. So that's not too bad I think. I enjoy having them with me to use and think on anytime. Even David talks about studying and memorizing God's scriptures and laws in the Psalms many times. And I am starting to feel what David was talking about when He declared 'Oh Lord, how I love your laws! I study them day and night!' I can't remember where that is, or if that is exactly it, but I know it's somewhere and it's close. Ill have to set that on my agenda to memorize. Though first, I am actually going to try my best to memorize the whole Sermon on the Mount. I think that would be awesome. I decided that this morning. But anyways, I say all of this to encourage all readers. Memorizing the Lord's scripture is an awesome thing, and it certainly spoken of and encouraged a lot in the very scripture we need to memorize. It is hard, but incredibly worthwhile and rewarding. And many say that they just aren't good at memorizing things. When I was in drama in high school, I had to memorize monologues to present before the class, and I was not good at it. I could certainly act, even make myself cry on command if I wanted. But for the life of me I could never remember everything. I'd way too often be stopping and asking for the next line. I'd say I was probably one of the worst for that. So if I can realistically memorize all these things and even set in my sights memorizing all of the Sermon on the Mount, then most certainly anyone can do the same.
Alright, I didn't talk about too much today, but it has turned into something to read anyways I guess. I hope at least a couple readers of this were encouraged at least a little bit. Thank you very much for reading. Do not forget, I have put a few more pictures up in the last two weeks, so make sure to check them out. Thank you for your prayers, and support through all this time that has almost come to a close. This will not be my last journal at all, but probably only maybe about two more. I will see you all soon! May God bless you all in all that you do and may His awesome mercies and blessings astound you into praise and worship in all you do every day. In Jesus' Name, amen.
