Missions!

Well, it's been a busy couple of weeks here for Matt and I. We have had the opportunity to be involoved in some of the M.A. (mission adventure) waves that have come through recently. An M.A. wave is a college or high school group from around the states that pays us to plan a short term missions trip for them. We usually take them to Nashville, St. Louis, or Cancun. Unfortunately this team wasn't wanting the latter, but we were excited to help out anyway. Matt helped lead worship and run sound for one of the high school teams that stopped by and I gave a short teaching on missions.

Matt helping out with worship

encouraging them to be involved in missions!

 The next week, I was asked to be a part of the college wave that was coming in from South Carolina. They were an amazing group of college students who were hungry to know more of God's power and who had a desire to see missions implemented in their everyday lives. We took them to Nashville to a ministry house where we showed them a DVD on human trafficking. We spent some time in prayer asking God what and where He wanted us to go.

Praying for an end to human trafficking

We ended up at a place called Dickerson Pike, a street widely known for prostitution and drug deals. We split up into teams and we did some prayer walking up and down the street. We had the chance to pray hope and redemption over these broken and misguided parts of the city. It was a great time of listening to God's voice and asking Him to lead us to the people He wanted us to talk to. The students (as well as the staff) walked away with some great testimonies of how they saw God move that day!

Later, we went to Broadway street to do some more street ministry. Here is a picture of a few team members preparing to do some worship in music city!

It was a crazy, busy, and exhausting couple of days, but it was so spititually refreshing to see today's youth so eager to step out of their comfort zones to share the love of Jesus!

A beautiful day in downtown Nashville!