Studying

So I should be studying right now...  I have a spanish final in about 19 hours, and I need to know a ton of stuff.  Yet here I am.  I am so blessed to be around people that are supportive and also looking to further expand their worldviews.  I live in a suite with 7 other guys and 3 out of the 8 of us are going on missions trips this summer.  Chuck is going to Paraguay with Athletes in Action for 2 months and Charlie is going to Papua New Guinea for 2 months to help a missionary family.  What awesome experiences?!?  I can't wait to come back and share how God worked through us and in us.  Interesting fact here, with Scott (who lives with me and is going to England), the 4 of us will touch 6 out of 7 continents this summer. :-)

I am however, as a I stand less than a week from leaving, looking forward to seeking and listening to God.  There has been a yearning in me this semester to go out somewhere and just take time to be still and listen to God.  That deep sense of standing on the top of a mountain or in the middle of the jungle and experiencing the stillness and peace.  I think, as Christians, we don't spend enough time (I know that I don't) listening.  We are always doing.  That is a great thing, but we also need to take and make that time to listen to what God is saying to us.  It does not necessarily need to take a missions trip for this to happen, but we do indeed need to make it happen.  I am excited to embark on this journey next week and grow as a man of God.  I know that God will use me, stretch me, and speak to me on this trip.  I hope that this summer, you will grow as well, let God do great things in your life.  Listen and learn.

"Be still and know that I am God..." - Psalm 46:10

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