This team of 35 students and adults (Stacey VanPutten joined them at O'Hare) pulled out of the GCC parking lot this morning around 8 am for Chicago. Their final destination: Back2Back Ministries in Monterrey, Mexico. They will be renovating dorms and play areas of children's homes, serving and caring for needy families in Cadereyta, and helping to build a community center
I'm proud of our students as they live out the kingdom of God on earth - it's up there, down here. I'm confident their labor and relational interactions will advance the work of God in the people they serve. And I'm also confident that the work of God within them will transform their own heart and life.
Discipleship isn't confined to Bible classes or church services. Discipleship is an expression of one's intentionality to follow the Master, Jesus. In service, in relationships, in life decisions, in worship, in obedience. Growing as a disciple is facilitated by spiritual disciplines including Bible study, worship, community, serving, and obedient next steps.
I'm grateful for DC Curry and the student ministry staff - John Keim, Jeff Meyers, Stephanie Rorie, and Katie Liverette. They're leading strong through an incredible summer of mission trips, camps and fall planning.
Pray for our team (And pray for my wife and me while our "little girl" is out of the country.) as you follow their week here.
