Wednesday, August 4, 2010

First day

so today was our official first day of the school of ministry.
Man, God did soooo much already in just one day. We basically just jumped right in after a quick orientation of what the semester will look like. We started with an appropriate topic; time management skills. Definitely something I need improving on but the class actually helps. We learned how to prioritize everything and organize all our obligations in a manner that actually works. We also spent a good chunk of time talking about setting goals. I was pretty excited about this part. I have been really praying lately for God to give me a specific goal of what he wants me to do with the passions that I have and today, we took the time to write out 3 long term goals and 3 short term goal with each long term one. It was actually pretty amazing how quickly and clearly God showed me what specific areas he wanted me to focus on.
Next, we talked about missions, more specifically we talked about reaching a certain people group. I really enjoyed this section. We learned about how each of us, depending on what we want to do, have a different area of focus in reaching a certain people group. I, for example, realized that I want to focus more on lower income hispanic youth. Obviously, I wont only reach that group of people but since that has been my background growing up and since most of the Los Angeles area is made up of hispanics, I'm thinking that might be where I should focus.
Tomorrow is another long day and Im excited to just continue diving in on every opportunity that will be presented here.
Off to sleep.
Thanks again for all your support and prayers!
P.S. So, apparently there are a ton of foods Ive never eaten before so the guys are making a list of foods I have to try before I leave. Tomorrow is sushi day so for all my Morning Star people who have been judging me with my lack of sushi experience... tomorrow is the day! haha. Ill try and update the different foods Ive eaten on here too. Hey! YA! That would be kind of fun I think.
ok. Good night again.

1 comment:

  1. Hey friend!! I told ya that I would be reading...lol. Granted its a little bit late. But I figure better late than never right! Anyway It sounds like you are having quite the spectacular time and getting along with everyone. Ive actually been praying to go myself and asking him to point me in the right direction. Im hoping that I get an answer soon...lol. Cant wait to hear how Sushi day went! :)

    Hugs!!
    KO

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