Fall Kick Off

Next week our classes start up and so this morning we had our Emanate staff "Kick Off".  It was good for us to get together as a team.  We started off the morning with an ice breaker of sharing some light hearted fun stories from our pasts.  Then we were challenged through a devotional on PS 78.  We looked at how God wants us to tell His praises to the next generation.  Each generation should set its hope on God, so that we do not forget His glorious miracles and so we will obey his commands. There were so many more good truths that were shared. We then had a report from our jungle camp team.  Vern and I also did a report from our Africa trip.  And then we ended the morning with another challenge from the Word.  Some of the challenges in this sessions were: There is nothing more exhausting then doing the work of the Lord in the power of the flesh; Abide in Christ; We need to move from a stressed out achiever to be a grateful receiver; All the fitness God requires is to see our need of Him; Since we have never traveled this way before we need to stay close to the Lord.  It was so good to be refreshed in the Word.  This evening we enjoyed a cookout and hanging out together.  We are so thankful for our Emanate team and the priveldge we have to serve together. We would appreciate your prayers as we head into our fall semester as we continue to prepare missionary candidates for cross cultural church planting.