Our first mission team was a huge success. The team was only three people but they were great. They were real troopers and did better than we could have ever imagined. Starting from the first day they were revved and ready to go. Mostly we did servant evangelism, which went awesome. We had a few people start conversations with us about what we were doing and why. God was and is at work here in the city. He is really using the servant evangelism to advance his kingdom.
One of the greatest highlights of the week was working with a soup kitchen called Father's Heart. It is based out of a church and serves the poor and homeless every Saturday by giving them a warm meal and access to a food pantry. We served 457 homeless in an hour and a half. It gives new meaning to organized chaos. It felt so good to truly be serving to people who need the extra love and smile. What amazed me the most was the diversity that we saw there. There were a lot of first generation Asians, a lot of African Americans and Caucasians. Serving here reminded me of what one of my goals is for the summer--to develop a heart of compassion like Jesus (Mark 6:34). It really challenged me in this area. These people are no different you or I, and everyone falls on hard times, they deserve the opportunity to be loved to and to be smothered with compassion. I challenged our team with this goal and especially to take this compassion back home with them.
This week we are back in the office getting things ready for next week. Next week we will be working with Crossroads Christian Church in Brooklyn. They have asked us to help them with a week long Arts Camp that they are putting on for children of all ages. It should be a great week, learning how to do church in a different community and getting to know the staff there. I will keep you posted.
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