Summer ministry plans

Summer is GRIT time for the Smiths. No doubt about it, the GRIT program envelopes our live for about 9 weeks every summer. This year however, we will be combining GRIT with quite a few regular outreach groups. The guys in GRIT will be participating in the local airsoft club weekly, the girls will be getting together with some of Susan's friends, everyone will join the local RC car club for 2 bowling nights this summer. We are also planning a Friday Night Cafe - inviting those we know who are foreigners or interested in English to come and join us at a local cafe every Friday night, there is quite a bit of interest in this so far. We are still hoping to have a chance to visit classes at one or two of the local univeristies but it is proving harder than we expected to get in. We will be able to eat lunch on campus occasionally so hopefully we will meet some students and be able to build and continue relationships with them.

The year for us seems to go in cycles. We have weeks and months at a slow pace and then a frantic pace for awhile. The summer is just about as fast paced as it can get! Somewhere in there we need to prepare for the discipleship retreat in July and we are hoping to have another Life Challenge Camp in August. No worries, there is always tomorrow!

posted by Norman @ 6:09 PM