What a great day it has been. I sit here in a hotel room in Toronto, Canada so excited about what God is already doing in our hearts. We have had a few challenges today but nothing that the Lord couldn’t handle! One of the things that God often teaches us when we enter into another culture/country is that we have to be incredibly patient and we must trust in Him. It becomes very apparent in times such as these. Our students are doing awesome and we have spent the day getting settled before we head tomorrow to meet the rest of the community of faith that we will be serving with here in Toronto. One night of sleeping in a bed in a hotel before we hit the floor of a church for the next week. It will be so worth it. We had an incredible time of worship in our hotel lobby tonight. A few of the guys had even invited a family that they had met while playing basketball. The family was on vacation from New York and came in to sing with us. It was great to have them with us and it was cool in that they both had graduate degrees from the University of Florida. The volume of the voices were a sweet aroma in that place. As a group we discussed two passages referring to God choosing each of us to be a blessing to others. That is what we want to do this week as we serve God by serving others. We want to bless others and glorify the name of Jesus. So we looked at the first three verses in Genesis 12 when God calls Abram. Our hearts desire is to be obedient to God and realize that we are chosen in the same way to be a blessing to others. The other passage we looked at was 1 Peter 2:9 in which we are called a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and God’s special possession. What great news! But it doesn’t end there…we have a responsibility to declare the praises of Him who called us out of darkness and into His wonderful light. So that is what we must do this week – declare His praises in everything we say, in everything we do, and in everything that we are. Our hope and prayer is that you would join us in doing the same wherever you are. Grace and peace to you in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Day One-Toronto 2011
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