Campus Crusade for Christ's Chicago Summer Project
DAY 2: Orientation/Training
Sleep was rough last night: tossing and turning on small bed, back stiff and expectant thoughts overflowing my mind. I was so tired, yet my synapses and curiosities seemed to awake to peek efficiency then. Moreover, the evil one had decided it time to heap every deception and negative speak on to me. Something big is going to go down here in Chicago ladies and gentlemen. As the saying goes: I can feel it in my bones. The evil one is nervous. And so, I prayed until I fell asleep.
Preparation of the Team --Gettin' PUMPED:
The day started with a provided breakfast and fellowship, followed by a solid devotional in Psalms led by our project director. Then the lengthy orientation, training, and overview began. I compare it to the info-dump for all you English/Writing/Lit -savvy folks out there.
This is can be exciting or drag on. The former was the case for us today: Even though the 60-something men and women packed into the small lobby generated enough heat to run an engine, we were all sitting with eager faces, just happy to learn the ins and outs of the project.
Our loft is situated between three of the the biggest and most key college campuses in Chicago. In Illinois for that matter. It is on these campuses we will take the Message--the good news of salvation through Christ Jesus our King.
What followed was the handing out of our 200 + page bible reading and studying book. Here on this project, maybe even more so than on other projects, we receive in-depth, very thorough training on the Bible: study method(s) and meanings. We will also engage in Action Groups (leaders Bible studies), decipleship, and evangelism training.
After all the orientation, including the do's and don't's of living in Chicago, we were taken out to lunch in the local area, which sits at the intersection of Italian-town and Greek-town. After eating some Gyros, we went grocery and supply shopping--because you never grocery shop on an empty stomach.
Next was dinner with roommates and some great fellowship. Our room--the music room we call it--(there are myself and another guy named Alex who are musicians) has become like the central hub and hang out.
We closed the evening with 'Something Fun'...we played several name-game and personal orientation events to really get to know each other.
The struggles are there: just some insecurities and such--many of which haven't bothered me in years. I talked with my discipler about them. Just the struggle to feel loved, accepted, and valued. But I'm trusting the Lord to rock it this summer!!
Praises:
-A great day of training!!
Prayer Requests:
-For God to continue to build me up in Him
-That we can all get jobs locked in quickly!
-The mission as a whole
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