Painting and Prayer

Well, it's been a great time so far over here in Airdrie! The past week we worked mostly on organizing and painting in the church building, which I really enjoyed. It's so fun to do all this as a team, working side-by-side and getting stuff done that will free up the church members' time and money. Yesterday was our biggest painting day so far. We did the calking and painted the ceilings in both bathrooms, painted the entry and hallway, the walls in the bathrooms, and did lots of prepwork in the big main room. Jackie and I had a great time working together on the bathrooms. :-) The guys had quite a set-up with a very tall ladder on TOP of two tables! It was actually pretty sturdy, but just looked scary. :-D Joe has been a fantastic painting foreman--he's good at keeping people busy and organized, and he definitely knows what he's doing.

Brett already wrote about flyer distribution, but I just have to ask you all to pray for some specific people. Last night I met a girl named Rebecca, about my age, and she was very friendly. She read the front of the flyer, "Feeling Trapped?", and said, "All the time..." and she said she had company, but that she really would think about coming. Anyway, please pray for her that she would go to the mission meeting next Tuesday. There is another girl named Amy that I met who seemed interested, so pray for her, too, to come to the meeting tomorrow night in her area. Also, pray for Paul who had a 15 minute conversation with one of the guys, and he's really searching and reading Christian books, and promised he would come to the meeting!

It's so encouraging to be on this team! Everybody loves to talk about what Jesus has done in their lives and they're open about their weaknesses, and that helps so much to learn how gracious God is toward us. I'm learning a lot about God's grace and patience and work in our lives. Studying the book of Ephesians has been a big part of learning that. Along with that we're studying the book Spiritual Disciplines by Donald Whitney, so we're learning about "disciplining ourselves for the purpose of godliness."

One of the coolest things on the trip has been all the praying we've gotten to do together! We're looking forward to seeing how God will answer, especially in regard to the missions we're having at community centers in various areas. We've been praying every day for individuals and generally for everyone we've been in contact with going door-to-door, and it helps us think about what God is like and what He's capable of. Thanks for praying with us!