Highlight #1: Becoming a DRIME Family
It was such a blessing to watch the team and the leaders get to know each other and interact! There were 24 members who showed up for Bootcamp [6 of them couldn’t make it] and when they got going, boy was it LOUD!!! [Plus we were in a building made of cement so the sound echoes like crazy!] We’d spend time playing some fun team-building activities – and the members would get SO into it! They are such a fun group! They left Bootcamp more excited and passionate about this ministry than I had prayed for! Just before leaving Sunday evening Aldo, one of the members shared this with the group: “I have never experienced such joy or felt such a sense of family than I have in these last two days!” It was so encouraging to hear this! I had been praying for this to happen within the team and I never imagined it happening so soon! Praise the Lord!
Highlight #2: Watching our leaders LEAD!!
I loved watching our leaders lead their team for the first time! It was fun watching them train the dramas to their team, joke around with each other, lead their team in prayer and worship and lead the time of ministry! This was the first time our leaders were on their own and we were only there to be their assistants! We followed their lead instead of them following ours! They did an awesome job and I am so proud of them! I definitely had some “proud parent” moments!
Highlight #3: Ministry with the team!
Sunday afternoon we did a few hours of ministry beside this church in an open lot. The new members did a great job performing the dramas they just learned and our leaders did an awesome job of leading! Also, it had been pouring rain for the majority of the day but God stopped the rain for us so we could do ministry!! I was blown away by the courage and boldness of the team members. As soon as we started the first drama set members walked out to people who had gathered to watch and began talking with them! They would even cross the street to talk with people who had stopped on the other side to watch! The entire two hours the Gospel was being shared through conversation and through drama. God’s presence felt SO thick and tangible. I just felt like God had His arms wrapped around the area, where we were doing ministry, in a gigantic hug! His face was turned toward us, looking down at us with an enormous grin on His face! I was overwhelmed with a feeling of fullness - it felt like my heart was going to burst! It’s the kind of feeling you get at the climax of a movie, when the music builds into this magnificent sound that resonates with ever pore in your body. When the main character, after much trouble and trails, finally reaches their goal and your heart swells with joy for them! Well, if felt something like that!
Our team members led 24 people to the Lord that afternoon! As I write, these people are being followed up with by a local church we have partnered with. Calixte, one of our leaders, was using his limited English while speaking to a Nigerian man [who only speaks English] – and he led the man to the Lord! He was elated when he told us this afterwards and gave all the credit to God for giving him the right words! Amazing, huh?!?! God is SO GOOD!
Highlight #4: Driving a Motorbike!
Okay, I just had to put this one in here because it was very exciting for me! My friend Alexandre taught me how to drive his Motorbike! Beside the church there is a big open lot so he let me drive his bike there! Mind you, he was on the back of the bike with me the whole time. After about 10 minutes of driving around the lot he took me on the road! Don’t worry, it was a side street and there were only like 2 other motorbikes on it. But still – it was fun and felt like such an accomplishment! I understand now why people like motorbikes so much! Might have to get myself one when I get back to Canada! Haha! Just kidding!
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