As I sit here and think of what to write, I’m realizing that
I’m really excited. God is such an amazing and incredible God! On January 31st
we started a 21 day fast together as a base. Every night we got together to
have a time of prayer and devotion, and on Wednesdays we ran a prayer chain
from 5 in the morning until 7 at night. During these 3 weeks we have been
praying for God to give us new direction and vision, for new ministries to
start, to finish the base, for more staff, for schools to run, and so many more
things. And in the 3 weeks we have already begun to see the answer to many of
our prayers.
We joined with one of the youth groups in the village and
have been asked to join with another as an on-going ministry. We’ve received a
few staff inquiries, as well as inquiries from different mission builders and
outreach teams. We’ve received 4 inquiries for our September DTS, and we have
speakers lined up for 4 weeks already, and it’s not even the end of February!
As a base, we’ve begun to tackle inventory and the base
policies and guidelines. We’re doing a lot of sorting and moving around at the
moment, so we’ve been busy.
Personally, I’ve taken on two different areas. The first is
Base Intercession. Everyone on the base prays together Tuesday mornings, and I
felt like this was something God wanted me to get involved in. I’ve been
leading this for the past month. This past week, I was also asked to oversee
the Prayer Room. So what am I actually doing? Well, for Tuesdays, I have made
up a roster so that everyone on base takes turns leading the prayer meeting. In
the Prayer Room, I’m in charge of making sure everything stays in order and easy
to use for anyone who feels led to pray in it. There are also a few things that
I’d like to get the base involved in, when it comes to prayer. The first is the
International Day of Prayer in November. The second is 30 Days of Prayer during
Ramadan. So I’ve started researching and organizing events for those 2 time
periods.
The second area that I’m taking on is the base library. We have
a lot of books in storage that really need to be brought out. I’d also like to
organize it more as proper library and work on getting more books for the
library, especially different study tools, such as Bible dictionaries, atlases,
etc.
The lady that does the base accounts and communication is
going to Australia soon to have her baby, so I’ll also be filling in for her
while she’s gone. So that’s a bit of what I’m involved in now. There are a lot
of things going on around the base, and I’m trying to help out wherever I can.
It’s amazing to see God work. It’s good to see Him bring
about new seasons. And it’s good to be able to contribute to His work. There
are a lot of things that I’m not super gifted in. I’m not an evangelist or a
preacher, I’m not gifted in music or drama, but I’m able to contribute to His
work in the areas that He’s gifted me in. 1 Corinthians 12 talks about the
different members of the body, and how each one plays a part. It’s something
God has really been speaking to me about lately. There are certain things I may
not be good at doing, but He has set a specific task for me to do, and I need
to do my best at it in order to build the body of Christ.
