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
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