Last Week!

Hello to all!

This week has been a very good one! It hasn't been especially draining and we feel like we have gotten quite a bit accomplished! Praise the Lord. I thank Him for the strength that He has given me to get through this time here in Michigan. It has been a long 6 weeks but it was definitely worth it.

On Sunday, our team went to the church in Buchanan. Our band played/sang and our children's ministers got to do clubs with the kids. It was a nice preview and glimpse for how a Summit will potentially play out. Everything went great! The music went well and I believe the Lord really used it and the message to reach the hearts of the people. We tore our equipment down immediately after the service very smoothly and without problems. Praise the Lord!

Starting on Monday, we had practice each morning and each afternoon to solidify all the work that we have done the past few weeks. Practice went well all week long and we were able to get even more work done. Each evening we had a different type of session to further our knowledge of what goes on at a Summit. On Monday and Tuesday evenings, the session was about the two clubs that we do at every church. They are kids clubs for little ones and 2nd through 6th grade. They are called Happy Heart City and Base Camp, respectively. We were shown how a lesson would play out and what all the different rules were. It was fun and interesting!

On Wednesday morning, we took team pictures that will be on display at the churches that we go to. So it looks like all of you CCBC people will be seeing my face around at some point! The session on Thursday evening was very different from anything that we had during the previous sessions. On Thursday night, we had a commissioning service. It was for each area of Life Action as we begin to work in this next ministry year. It was a huge blessing to be apart of! Dr. Erwin Lutzer, the senior pastor at Moody Church in Chicago, came to speak and give us a charge for the year. It was very exciting! It was also humbling to know that we are finally about to set out on this journey to see God work in His churches for the next year and knowing that I am going to be able to have a small part in that!

It is Saturday now and we have some time set aside this afternoon and evening to go to the Dunes at Lake Michigan as a team. It will be a good time to rest and enjoy this beautiful Michigan weather before we head out on the road. We leave for our first Summit in Sulphur, Louisiana next Wednesday. We will stop in Princeton, Kentucky on Wednesday night and Jackson, Mississippi (I believe) on Thursday night. I have enjoyed Michigan but you have no idea how overjoyed that I am to be able to have some REAL sweet tea, southern cooking, ride on roads that are actually well paved, and hear the word y'all.

Please continue to pray for me and our team as we minister to churches throughout the year! We know that God is doing to do an amazing work and we are expecting Him to. I want to be used in whatever capacity He puts me in! Also, feel free to keep up with all of the places that the Red team will be at this year at http://www.lifeaction.org/ and if you are nearby, come visit! I want to thank you all for your daily prayers and for the letters and encouragement you have sent me! It is so wonderful to hear from you all! I will continue to receive mail all year long at the address I put up in earlier posts. You may e-mail me as well at orangehorns24@gmail.com

Next time that I post, I will be back in the south! I love y'all!

Reid