It's sad to say when your life evolves so much around one little single machine, and how everything turns upside down when it gives out. Yes, it happened, my laptop died. It wasn't something that was sudden or anything, I actually thought it was going to die several months ago. It started to develop more symptoms as it neared its death. First it was over heating, the battery life suddenly saturated, the computer couldn't get out of sleep mode, and shortly after the sound card died, so did the rest of the computer. It feels almost like a part of your body has been taken away. As sad as it is, I'm lucky that my older immobile-laptop still works better than my recent laptop. I spent the last few hours of my day trying to configure my old laptop to the settings I need. My only complication is that the operating system runs on Ubunto linux. I spent 2 hours trying to figure out how to get my printer working on it, being that there wasn't any specific drivers for my printer made for linux. I'm hoping that I can survive with just this older laptop for now and not have to go buy a new one, but we will see.
Epic Conference has come and gone, but all is not over. Rather, it is the beginning of something beautiful. Very beautiful. The news of great joy of those who have gained a hope in Christ, relationships established and strengthened, and a vision placed in view in wait to be pursued.
Despite the birth of a slow start. Obstacles from passage to board, not long did momentum start to give way. Shouts of praise and worship from dawn to dust. Loud did they sing, with hunger and thirst, with love for Him who came first. Into the city, four hundred in all, in small groups they departed. To the piers, to the schools, to the market, under the rain with air so cool; with the Good News in hand, sharing with those who would lend an ear to one and all who would step up this year.
Over the city did night fall, back the students went, back to the worship hall. Stories were told, so precious they were, as that of gold. With much celebration, with much dance, they pranced in God's romance.
Relationships rekindled, relationships found new. Strangers never again, meetings overdue. Forgotten not, the story learned, but conference finally came to be adjourned. To their homes, to their campuses, did the hundreds went; to witness of Him from heaven was sent.
This is where our ministry now sits. Pushing forward we go, so that one day all will know. Together we will, with God's love, with hearts to fill; Trusting in him to guide, as the church, as his bride.
It's the first week of the winter term and today we had our first meeting. We invited our Campus Crusade directors to our meeting to introduce them to the rest of the group. Besides sharing what our we're aiming for this year, being real and intentional, the directors were able to share with them, what we're going for beyond the epic ministry.
I feel like we're actually getting momentum with this ministry, we had a good turn out and a group that I feel can really go after our goal of spreading the Word. We have our Epic conference coming up in a week. If you're reading this, please pray for transportation, that we'll have enough rides and a safe trip. Also that God will continue to convict student's hearts to go and be impacted from what they experience and learn and the conference, where it will be transferable to the campus that they go to.
Along with getting the ministry operations going, I think the community aspect of it is picking up as well. We're becoming more like a family.
