Week #8 @ MDP

I can’t impress this on you too strongly. God is looking over your shoulder. Christ himself is the Judge, with the final say on everyone, living and dead. He is about to break into the open with his rule, so proclaim the Message with intensity; keep on your watch. Challenge, warn, and urge your people. Don’t ever quit. Just keep it simple. You’re going to find that there will be times when people will have no stomach for solid teaching, but will fill up on spiritual junk food—catchy opinions that tickle their fancy. They’ll turn their backs on truth and chase mirages. But you—keep your eye on what you’re doing; accept the hard times along with the good; keep the Message alive; do a thorough job as God’s servant. II Timothy 4:1-5 The MESSAGE

This was our final week of MDP (here we are with our mentor's, the Farmers). If we summed this week up in one word it would be “team.” Monday we completed our workshop on personality profiles, and spiritual gifts by bringing in the aspect of team roles and discovering where our natural bents work well in a team situation. This was new and helpful information and we got to see it play out in the rest of our week. We formed teams and through various workshops laid out a plan for a church plant. It was so encouraging and exciting to see all the information we had collected over the last two months come together in a practical hands on way. God really showed us (Joel & Amanda), the hearts the trainees have for the places God has called them to. We are so thankful for our time here and the friendships we have formed. God has blessed our family in many many ways. We have been reminded of this once again as we just shared a service with the MDP group celebrating and reviewing our time together and sharing in the Lord’s supper.

Our family is doing well, gearing up to head back to Wyoming. We plan to leave early Saturday morning and make a few stops along the way. Please keep us in prayer as we travel that we would make it back to LaGrange before the baby is born, and have wisdom in our plans. Thank you for all the interest you’ve shown in our lives. We appreciate your feedback and encouragement. We will continue to keep you updated in the happenings of our lives. Our time here has been so wonderful, and we give Glory to God for allowing us to be here.