All the interns just took a Strength Finders test, which was very informative about how God made us and what our strengths are. Samantha, who is gifted with futuristic thinking is feeling this struggle and reminded us all to "remain present." I certainly feel it. I feel as though I have turned a corner and am feeling more at home in Mississippi. Before I know it, this place that I have settled into as home, will be left behind and my only hope and prayer is that God will take my meager offerings of fish and (fry) bread and multiply it.
I thought I would give you a quick snapshot, however of what is awaiting me down the road.
On Aug. 1, God has seen fit to reunite the interns for one last event in Orlando, FL for a few days. I am very grateful! Then I return to MS for 4 days and fly back to good ole Lubbock, Tx on Aug. 9th. I am home for 24 hours, and then I hop in a minivan with several college students and drive to Kansas City for a week long training at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. The training is called Circuit Riders. It's goal is to ignite the hearts of college students in America so that revival would happen in America again, so that many would go to the nations in the culmination of the original Student Volunteer movement. Once that training is finished, we return to Lubbock where I am a full time student studying Anthropology and a full time Intercessory missionary/college pastor. I run a campus ministry called Tech 24-7. We operate/facilitate a Campus House of Prayer and have a weekly service called Ekballo, where we train modern day revivalists to be sent out to their college campuses or the nations or the grocery stores and reap the harvest because Jesus is worthy to receive the reward of His suffering.
It is hard to do both. Managing time is a daily chore especially when class is not interesting. I love the students God has given me to work with. I think about them daily and pray for them. I believe God is going to do big things in their lives. I believe He is preparing the way, going before them to prepare them for good works.
I believe that the strengths God gave me, which according to the Strength Finders test are: Restorative, Relator, Ideation, Individualization and Communicator, are perfect for college ministry. Restoration=revival. Rebuilding walls that have been torn down. In our city, on our campus and in our hearts. Realtor=loving people deeply. My students call me mama Jill. Even the other interns have started to call me it. Isaiah 54 is my promise. Ideation=thinking new ways of exploring faith. Relationships are not static, they are dynamic. So it is with our relationships with God. Individualization=seeing destiny in the lives of each student. Communicator=telling people all of the above. :)
So that's a glimpse of what is coming up in 5-6 weeks. This week, we have the 4th of July. Next week is the Choctaw Indian Fair. Relationships are being formed. God is working. I threw a birthday party for our office manager. I gave her the book Captivating. I pray that God speaks, heals and restores her so that she can walk as the captivating woman of God she is!
Keep praying, good things are coming!
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