A Day of Training

Hey Crossroads,
So it was a long day today. It started off by being locked out of the main HFIC facility (my fault;)) for 35min this morning. We are sleeping in two trailers right next to the building, and all we have are bathrooms out there, the food, showers, and everything else is in the main building, so we got off to a late start having to wait for a staff person to let us in. After breakfast, we had a 2hr meeting that discussed our schedule for the week, and introduced us to the various ministries of HFIC; showing all the things they do for the area - very interesting.
We then enjoyed a wonderful service at New City Fellowship - their Pastor Kevin Smith had a stirring message on Phil 3:7, and it was a unique experience worshiping in a cross-cultural church.
In the afternoon we had three further training sessions. One was for the Bible Club we will be running. After briefing us on all the particulars for the club, the trainer had us perform the clubs we had prepared and gave us feedback on how we could polish them. From there we had a meeting about the work site we will be working on. It looks as though our main project will be helping refurbish a house that HFIC owns and will be trying to sell for prophet to help with the funding of their ministry - that is always subject to change however.
Our final training session was more of a spiritual training session to prepare our hearts for the week led by the head of HFIC Paul Green. Paul is a vibrant, animated, and passionate man of God who led us in a wonderful, yet challenging time of spiritual admonishment.
We then had some dinner, got together and worked on our Bible club, and finished the night with some free time.

Some prayer requests we thought of were:
- Self-less-ness: the ability to let-go of our comforts and truly give ourselves to the cause of Christ and HFIC
- Safety: as previously mentioned, we are serving in a rough neighborhood, so pray for God to protect us
- The Bible club: pray for kids to come, for us to passionately present the gospel, and for kid's hearts to be open to Jesus

We spent part of the night making pocket evangelism tools - colored booklets where each color corresponds to a part of the gospel message. 

Thanks all! 

Crossroads Chattanooga team

We're here!

Hey all!
We arrived safely at Hope for the Inner City in Chattanooga at 7:30 tonight, our travels went very smoothly! Once we arrived, we had an intern show us around the HFIC campus for awhile. Then, after unpacking, we finished the evening with a meeting where we both discussed logistics and had a time of worship and prayer. We're excited for the week!
Our team asks that you would pray for:
1. Energy for the week - there's a lot going on and it will begin to wear on us mentally, emotionally, and physically
2. Safety - theres a lot of opportunity for people to get hurt on the job site, but also we are staying in a relatively dangerous part of town.
3. Open hearts - pray that our hearts would be open to serve HFIC, Chattanooga, and love each other


Here's a couple of pics from the day:

Dan praying for the team before the trip

We used every last nook & cranny of space, but we fit everything!

Jeff & Ken figuring out the car-top carryer

Dinner at a rest stop along the way, sooooo much food! Thanks Crossroads Mission team for helping us out with some food!

Walking around at HFIC's campus - we found a snake, Malachi tried to catch it;)

Thanks for checking in! Have a great night!

Crossroads Short-term Mission team

Leaving Tomorrow

Hey Crossroads Family,
Thanks again for the incredible support we've received from you all! We leave tomorrow and are excited to represent our church, but more importantly our King, as we head to Chattanooga to help Hope For the Inner City for a week. If you think of us, please continue to pray for smoothness in our travels tomorrow, and overall for our hearts as we prepare to serve in this way.
We'll try and post something everyday so keep an eye on this blog throughout the week for continued updates and prayer requests! Thanks!