A fellow intern sent this to me a few days ago. I had to share.
"It is September 1.
LDI began on August 1. 31 days. One tenth of our year. Slow down please. (Except --- how do you slow down this much JOY?!)
We walked into the Fireplace Room and became Trek 1. Jordan, Stacy, Nate, Erick, Daniel, Josh, Marilyn, Erica and Rachael.
We heard Cor read an email from Daniel Mick from Trek 1 last year. He said that he had "walked into the Fireside Room last August to meet a group of strangers and in June walked out as siblings".
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It is time for the Dube Retreat next. We each get our 15 minutes of fame. We do love languages and leadership. We talk about the Sabbath. (We TALK about it. Can't wait to do it :-) ) We laugh, eat, talk, sleep, celebrate people and party, boat, sit at the fire until 2:30, study, and jump off bridges. We get advice from NASCAR about competing with horses and prayers to Baby Jesus about having a blessed year.
Most put in extra hours at Hope East and at Elliot Park etc. We buy presents and we dance & sing at Naty's. We have a luncheon at Hope and are welcomed onto the staff. We learn about job titles. Seth Prince: "I have no freakin' idea what mine is right now". Naty says that the only one who needs more attention than her is Tim Johnson. Tim points to Dave Hammond.
We learn about humility and that it is impossible to draw attention to Christ and your self at the same time.
MARK STUDY: Why does everyone who has done this become overly nostalgic when asking us about it? We will soon find out.
NOSTALGIA:
THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.
"The house in Capernaum needs a legacy campaign to fix the roof". Erick
Shannon gives us the wrong OT verse to read and it's about not having tattoos.
HE TAUGHT WITH AUTHORITY.
One man is worth 2000 pigs.
"The response to Jesus and the loaves should have been a slow clap" Nate
"Nate's hair makes him look like he is blown away by what he is learning" Dan
I HAVE NOT COME TO CALL THE RIGHTEOUS BUT SINNERS.
Shannon calling her Diet Coke - "My Precious". All of them.
Erica, Jordan and Stacy: This side of the room rocks with research.
Mark Hintz that they wanted to be healed.
Mark -- Spitz on the man's tongue.
WHO ARE MY MOTHER AND BROTHERS?
Mark 6:7. McVersion. (This makes The Message look like Piper's favorite version)
"And He sent out the 13 (9+ Hugo, Shannon, Rob and Laura) and gave them authority over the unclean kitchen, Vikings Parking Lots and Hope East. He charged them to take nothing for their journey to Chipotle and Spaghetti Factory except a staff (Shannon)- no bread, no purse, no money in their belts- but to wear sandals (maybe Chacos) and not to wear a sweatshirt yet." We are bonding/living like Disciples and following Jesus.
PARABLE OF THE SOIL
Hollywood mentor/teachers like Shannon from Karate Kid, Disney, Top Gun etc.
IF I TOUCH EVEN HIS GARMENTS, I WILL BE WELL.
Being invisible woman in the kitchen to Josh and Rach at 1:00 am.
Hugo taking over when Shannon leaves the room.
RACHAEL ---Oh Canada . . .---GO HOME.
HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM.
It is 9:45 pm on Tuesday night. We are all trying to think. Someone is thinking counterintuitively.
Someone else is crying.
HE SAID A BLESSING AND BROKE THE LOAVES. Eucharisteo.
Shannon. "Could someone read nowish?"
BUT THEIR HEARTS WERE HARDENED.
Jesus does his first 'remote control' healing on a Gentile girl.
Dan "I am going to leap out that . . ."
BEWARE THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES.
Bacon and eggs, M&M's, fruit snacks, vegetables, Mt.Dew (Ps. 133:3) Melted spoons/crock pots.
LIGHTNING!!
HE HAS DONE ALL THINGS WELL.
Baptism Sunday. "I kinda grew up in a Christian home but didn't understand until LDI last year. Now my mom's an intern." DJM. Lots of food. Lots of cars. Lots of Hopesters.
SoulCare: Jordan having 20+emotions. Erica has 4. Erica and Marilyn talk.
Coming alongside a person
Ask questions that lead to the heart
Respond with God's wisdom
Enjoy the person
RESTORING HOPE
Cliches, Facts, Opinions,Feelings,Needs
Hermeneutics: Trike- "This is fun cause I usually don't use a Bible anymore."
I know the plans I have for you . . .
Eph. 3:10. "So that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places".
I end this month realizing the truths of 1Cor 7 where Paul talks about the unmarried as free to serve the Lord and not be anxious about serving worldly things (spouses etc). I realize how true this is as I watch the freedom that there is in this statement.
I look forward to September and the routines of each week in place.
I am SO IMPRESSED with each of you and count it a high privilege that I can walk with you.
Thank you Lord for this blessing.
Breathe your life into us!"
This is from the lovely Marilyn Mick. A source of wisdom, joy, and encouragement in LDI Trek 1.
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