Sunday (Sorry it's late!)

Instead of me writing about all the things that are happening here, I thought it would be great if you could read about what's happening here from the viewpoints of others on the trip. This is from Sunday, and I'm sorry it wasn't up then, but we were having issues with the internet!

RJ

Hello Crossroads!!!

Sunday, July 20^th was a phenomenal day! Many, many exciting things happened today from 7:30 in the morning until 11 at night.

We woke up super early in the morning to eat an awesome breakfast at 7:30. Despite freezing cold rooms, we slept pretty well. After that, we left and took a group photo in our sweet t-shirts World Changers was oh so kind to give us.

At 9:30 our crew work groups split up among the churches in Jackson to attend Sunday School and “Big Church” as we like to call it. We got to interact with many students who attend these churches, meet some new people, and hear God’s Word. “Big Church” was an awesome experience, as the group I was with stayed at First Baptist Jackson, the church that everyone is staying at this week. The sanctuary was beautiful, filled with God’s love, something I will never forget. After the service, our work crews visited their sites, and met the people in which they would be working for throughout the week. It was a good introduction to what was to come in the week ahead.

After lunch we went to some scheduled training that explained why we’re here as World Changers, and some steps one should take if the opportunity to witness to someone was ever presented to us. Then we had our “Crew Position” training, in which selected students were taught how to fulfill the roles of an evangelist recorder, devotion leader, break master, and medic. I am an evangelist recorder, and my job is to write down any times that we witnessed or spoke the Gospel to anyone. Each and every job is very important.

After our delicious dinner, we attended the night worship service in which we poured out our hearts to God and gave Him our entire being. We had learned that to experience God’s power and to be able to share God’s light with others, we had to lay all of our burdens, troubles, and struggles at the foot of the cross. It was awesome to see the response we got from our own youth group as many confessed some failures in their lives, giving them to God and asking for forgiveness. All of us were transparent in the problems we were facing in our lives.

Free time was a time to relax, chill, and even do some quiet times. Then we finally hit the hay at 11. God is doing extraordinary things in students’ lives right now, and we hope that He will continue to work through us and give us the strength we need to share His Word.

-Jordan Bruce Fuller