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Big News! / Jul 27, 11:27 PM
I have my assignment.
I will be spending the year in New Orleans. News came to me late this evening, so I haven’t had a lot of time to process. It makes things much more real to know where I will be, it seems pretty concrete now.
I’ve also been asked to be a team captain for New Orleans. So far I can’t find any reason why not to. While this will increase how much of a stretch the first few months will be, it will definitely be worthwhile experience.
I have far too much to leave behind. As I sit amongst a pile of generally useless stuff, I can see Christ’s call for us to live simply as incredibly good advice. If we are to move around to where we are called, life will be a lot easier if we just trust that our needs will be met, and not hoard things.
New Orleans is essentially a new mission year site. Though some program alumni were in the city last year, this will be the first year that first-timers will be in the city. Among other things, this means that the communities we will be moving into have not experienced the presence of Mission Year kids on the scale that they soon will.
By now, it should seem straighforward to you all that this project is about relationships. Between team members, between teams and communities, between neighbors, we need to be developing Christ-filled, depth-seeking relationships. Pray for the growth of all of us. Whether or not we anticipate it, both the senders and the receivers are about to experience a major stretch.
I hope that, despite our limitations, the team I’m about to join will be able to contribute something worthwhile, and remain open to receiving what God has for us to learn and experience in New Orleans. Please pray with me as we prepare to meet unthinkable situations, unique faces, and unquenchable needs.
My heart is being pulled in a lot of different directions as I prepare. Charity will be leaving on Monday to go home for a bit, and I will visit her for a few days in Michigan on my way to California for a week right before I fly for ‘Norlans. While we can confirm that God is calling us toward this year of distance, knowing how to leave space and remain connected is pretty difficult.
I am facing a lot of new things that I never thought I’d know how to do. As it turns out, I was right :-P. Thankfully, God has seen me (and quite a few others) through some of these blind corners, and I have some confidence (at least for now) to ride on. Pray for that too.
I think that’s all the thoughts I have for now. I’ll update as I find out more :-P.
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I’m so glad to hear what you are doing Drew. It is really amazing to see how God is stirring up your life, especially after graduation. You are certainly a motivation to all of us for how to really take the call of Jesus seriously. Thanks for that.
peace,
Mark
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