Monday, November 3, 2008

What does "Professional Class Ministry" look like

For those of you who are familiar with Young Life, what we're doing here reminds me in so many ways of "contact work". In Young Life, contact work is going to kids' games, hanging out at their school, spending time with them, sharing life together, so that ultimately you "win the right to be heard" -that kids will want to listen to you share about the Lord because you trust each other, because they know you truly care for them. What we're doing here is similar. We've gone to kids birthday parties, an adult birthday party, held pizza dinners, helped make boxes for a friend's daughter's birthday party. All with the purpose of building relationships so that we can ultimately share the most important relationship of all with our new Bolivian friends. It looks different every week (with the exception of the Monday night English class, and the every other week Tuesday/Thursday Bible Studies) and is very often last minute (not very good for the planner in me, but I'm learning to adapt- as long as I don't need a babysitter :) And it probably looks very similar to what many of you do in the states with your non-Christian friends - loving people who need Jesus.

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