This morning I sat on the black
futon in the girl’s house. Around me the team discussed how we could best use
the money we have budgeted for retreats. I looked again at the list of things
it was essential we cover in this team meeting. Fly over to Oahu for a fellowship dinner? We were talking about it
because we need to buy tickets as soon as possible. Challenge students to spring break, check in on 1000 cranes to Tohoku,
speaker for next week’s meeting, evaluate discipleship curriculum, hand off worship
during Easter week. I sighed after reading the first half of the list. Emailing
the budget information would have saved a lot of time. This looked to be another
business meeting ending twenty minutes late.
Almost every day I see that
God’s good work and my failure walk hand in hand. I never expected to lose so
many details, struggle in planning ahead, and leave my house so little. I
didn’t expect God to use me more toward my team than toward the people we came
to reach. On the other hand, stepping into leadership I didn’t expect to know
my team so clearly, to hear God telling me how to challenge them forward, and
to take such joy in their successes.
The fruit I see around me
confirms that God is at work. The need I see around me says that there is work
still to be done. God has not told me to change my work, so I plan to continue working
with CRU unless He directs otherwise. There are a few different positions open
to me, and I am weighing those, but all of them involve Japan where I feel God
is still challenging me to go. Your prayers over my ministry and this decision
are so appreciated. Thank you for partnering with me.
-Sarah
-Sarah
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