Hey thought this was kind of a cool page read it if you want...

www.gregboyd.org/essays/the-religionless-church-of-the-future/

Hey thought this was kind of a cool page read it if you want...

www.gregboyd.org/essays/the-religionless-church-of-the-future/

Honduras

So I am super excited. I have this super cool trip planned for over Christmas break. I will be home form two weeks then I will be headed to Honduras. 

Why is this trip so cool you ask? 

Well let me tell you... 

We are building playgrounds ( I love building and I love playgrounds!!!!) 

but it gets better.... I know who knew it could get better. 

I am doing it with college kids from my church here. (I like them a lot too.)

but wait it gets even better.....

I am doing it with college kids from my church and from the landscape architecture program here. ( yeah kids I don't know but will know. I love meeting new people!) 

So this is really cool. We are making a group of people with different backgrounds and beliefs to go and meet the needs of others. So cool! 

I am really excited about this if you couldn't tell. I can't wait to go and wee what happens. I am sure whatever I am expecting will not happen so I am trying not to hold on to what I expect too much. I am excited to see what God does with this. With the conversations that come about based on the fact that we are two different groups that don't necessarily have same beliefs. I am super pumped. I will hopefully be posting more as we get ready to leave. 

We leave on the 5th of Jan. and get back on the 18th. 

I just ask for prayers for our trip and our group. 

This week... This is my last post. I have one week left until I have to go home. I am not looking forward to leaving here. I love it here and serving people is just so amazing.

This past week was once again great. MY group was another new one. They were awesome. They worked so hard. They just pounded it out. They had fun together I think half of the group was related in some way. They took time to know the family. they built a house. How cool.
The site we were working on was interesting. we went to look at sites on sunday night and there was still a house standing where we were to build the next day. We roll up at 8 and the family was working to level the ground. They must have worked all night cause the ground was one of the most level sites I have had this summer. The family was awesome. they were super helpful. the dad would see me trying to hammer something to high for me and he would step in and do it from me. The mom would see how we were nailing in the chicken wire and would go get a hammer and help out. it was so cool. Also the mom had been learning english for a few years so she would try and talk to us. Also the kids around the area really got along well with the kids in the group so they got to hang out. It was cool on the last day one of the it was one of the mexican kids birthday and it also just so happened that the group brought toys to past out so he got a box of toys to share with this friends on his birthday.
So bottom line great week great group awesome family.

To cap off this week we went surfing yesterday which was super fun got a great deal too. 15 for board and wet suit. super fun just playing in the ocean and riding the waves. also Friday was sams birthday and he loves taylor swift so for his birthday we got him a t. swift pinata from a family we built for a few weeks ago it was awesome.

I have a new group this week I don't know where they are from but I am excite for it. I am bummed that I only have this one week left.

Pray

for health we have a few people feeling sick. Ali is sick and I have stomach craps but am fine.
for fun it is our last week lets have some more fun
for safety as we all travel back home
for the families we are building for and the families that are building

So good and sad week. I loved my group they were awesome. They worked hard where a first time group but rocked it out in a day and a half. They were awesome the kids just worked and had fun and were fun to hang out with. Sad week though because they come from so hard places and sad because I ended up helping finish this house with another nexus for a family that the parents were doing drugs and the kids looked like they were starving. It was just hard to see because the kids don't deserve that and did nothing but have to live like that. It broke my heart. On another happy note though. Matt had thrown stucco at one of the staff and in pay back Matt got held down and a bucket of stucco dumped over his head. It was fun to watch.

i don't know I only have 2 weeks left here and I am sad. I don't want to leave it. I want to see everyone back home but I don't want to leave this place and these people.

We hung out in Rosarito yesterday. Rode horses on the beach and took a nap it was fantastic.

Church today was good. James 3 everything we say has the chance to lift some one up or tare them down pick your words carefully. Words are loud and people hear. Our actions might be Christ like but is what you are saying match that. It works the other way too. So really say and act in a Christ like manner. keeping a check on your mouth goes beyond not cussing. think about what you say and do and how it represents god. are you building the kingdom or tearing it down with your words? words are a reflection of the heart and people know that so think about it and think before you speak. This is something I am working on this week and weeks to come. Feel free to join me in this challenge.
That is about it.

Pray for...
I get some direction on what to do when I get back.
That the last 2 weeks are amazing
that all the nexus leave here on good notes and have lasting friendships.

Love you guys thanks for all the support and prayers you have given me over the summer. keep them coming they make a difference.

I don't even know where to start. I don't really have much to say but I am sure I will find something to talk about.
Lets start with today. At church this morning we read James 2:17-...
It got me thinking. here is what i took away from it. you have to do more then accept Jesus to be saved. now be for you go jumping down my throat let me finish. there are two meanings to the word save. there is the meaning by which we know it and there is this other meaning that means make whole. SO to become whole to life a whole life full of joy there is more then Jesus there is action. you have to act it out and live it and serve others with that love.
We also talked about Christianity being to safe. We need to step out and say yes to God and get involved in the work of experiencing God. I mean I need to. I live to safe right in my comfort zone . I need to step out in faith and be willing to be lead by God and not only be lead by him but to say yes to his leading. It is one thing to hear and one thing to act on what you hear.

As for the week. It was good. the groups were once again awesome. But really this week I bonded with this little girl named Luce. she was awesome. she would just follow me around and we would play rock paper scissors. it was so fun. She was just so awesome. I am sad i was not there to get to see the keys handed over cause it is my favorite part and my week doesn't feel complete without it. But what can you do.

i was really tried this week and still am today so if you could pray for energy. and also pray for our group as we only have 3 weeks left together. Pray that we continue to get close and grow deeper in our relationships with each other and with God and that we have the energy and the focus to give the last few groups the same experience as the first few groups.

We saw Batman 2 times this weekend. It is a good movie. Some people bought nerf guns so I have been getting shot all week but it is fun.
I think that is about it. I love you all and please keep praying for my team as we finish up strong.

Another cool thing. Last week with new prov. 5 people gave there lives to Christ at a church service in Mexico before they started the work week. How cool.