"you're welcome, spokane"
Our DTS catchphrase has adopted new locations by the week! First, we were heading to Seattle for mini outreach. Nope, off to Spokane. My team was planning on 2 months of ministry in Ukraine. Now we're preparing for Costa Rica. Some of my friends here are going to Thailand while we're in Costa Rica, and others will be doing outreach in Czech Republic. If I learned nothing else here, I would be well aware that God is in control and He loves every person of every nation.
Mini outreach was one week full of learning, loving, stretching, and shivering! For the learning and shivering aspects, we made half our host church's chilly 70's decor sanctuary into an honorary lecture hall. I learned more about my team (and people in general) during those 5 lectures than I'd learned on this whole DTS so far. Good stuff :]
While we learned how to love our team members, we practiced loving on strangers too...sometimes through prayer, giving gifts, sometimes simple conversation, even listening will show love.
Stepping out of my confort zone was mini outreach all over: street evangelism, people around me 24/7 (quite literally), leading here and there...essentially, pushing past some...ehem...tons of introverted tendencies I happen to have. I'll have to say though, God created and loves all ministries. Dance and music are no exception :] Cafe Night and the night we led youth group were both very powerful experiences simply centered around enjoying people and their talents! God works with everything.
So now we're back in Montana gearing up for week 6 of amazing speakers, outreach prep, worship, prayer, and dance. The adventure of each week really will never cease to amaze...and keep a girl in suspense about her God's big ideas!
