Author: Adventures

A few days ago, after teaching at the school in the morning, I wanted to spend more time with the Lord. I took my Bible outside and sat down. Across the way, I saw Carlos playing with a remote control truck. Carlos is a a 15 year old boy who used to live life on the streets. I had been wanting to connect with him. I believe that the Lord prompted me to go play with Carlos. I hesitated; I wanted to spend time with Jesus alone on the Word. I finally set my Bible down and went over to play with Carlos. As we were playing and creating ramps for his truck, I felt a sense of peace and fellowship...

Where do I begin? How do I fittingly put into words the significance of week one of ministry? God has moved, answered, accomplished, protected, and remained.  Ministry at the school down the road from Zion's Gate began this week, which entailed a group of 11 of us teaching 22 6th graders English.  Each of us team members are teaching about 2 students each, allowing us to begin building solid relationships with them. I'm excited to see how God works in and through that ministry. During the middle of the day, after teaching English in the morning, each team member began...

One of the great things about being at Zion's Gate is that there are so many different types of ministry available to do. There are relationships to build, English classes to teach, construction projects on the property, street ministry, you name it. It has been really great to just watch everyone on the team start to find their niche.  I got to do a lot of work on the property this week. We have a number of  projects going on at once right now, which is cool because there's a lot to be done and we can see a lot of progress being made at once.  Right now the main...