Today is day 8 on the road. So far we’ve travelled through Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota. I never knew how beautiful the other side of the Rockies is! We met up with the other team on the weekend and toured through Yellowstone Park with them. On Friday night we also watched them perform their skits. Honestly, we went into it thinking we were a lot better at ours, and overall had some pretty prideful attitudes. By the end of the night we were all completely humbled and put into a place of repentance. Something I realized is that just because we have the same skits and drime doesn’t mean that we have to do it all the same. In fact the way they performed the skits was very different then the way we do, and some of the lines were completely changed. But that was ok and we all came to realize that although we are one team we function in our giftings in unique ways which is just like the body of Christ. We have many denominations and many churches that live out their faith differently then each other. Each of them reaching a unique target audience through different means. The cool thing is that we are all united in the fact that we serve and worship the same God. However a lot of times we put all our focus on the differences instead of the incredible similarity we share
There is a church down the street from our school and I don’t particularly like their style of preaching, worship, or presentation. I’ve given some of the guys a hard time about it but I realized in the past couple days that I have no right to judge them. Just because I haven’t grown up with that style of church doesn’t make it wrong. In fact they are continually seeing people get saved week after week.
We need to get over ourselves, and stop judging other Christians because God intended us to be unique, not mindless robots. We are one body, called to one purpose, serving one God. That’s where our focus should be.
Our shows have been going really great. I got the privilege of leading worship with Kris in Wyoming this past Sunday and it was so incredible to be up there leading the body of Christ! Our message has been received and really taken to heart at all the churches we have stepped foot in. The theme of unity is something that everyone has admitted is much needed in their churches and families. It’s been so great to see how God has spoken to them through it.
Overall the trip so far has been a lesson in dying to self. Sometimes we go days without being able to shower, so I have to resort to washing my hair in a sink. (I’ve found it quite entertaining to seek out obscure places to do my hair and makeup such as computer screens, or the mirrors on overhead projectors!!!) We get stuck in a van for hours and hours and don’t always get a say in what we eat or where we stop along the way. Every day we have to consider the needs and wants of 9 other people instead of just ourselves. It’s tough, but it’s been an amazing process of sanctification, and refocusing. There is a little less than 4 weeks left, which seems like a lifetime at the moment, but I know that it will be 4 weeks of molding, shaping and breaking. Lord have your way!
P.s Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we have faced a lot of attack from the enemy because He knows that if the body of Christ unites it is an unstoppable and incredibly powerful force!
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