Nathan Neighbors
Follower of Christ, Husband, Father, & Youth Pastor
I’m a day behind on my blog updates…so this blog is about Tuesday and Wednesday. We’re all having an amazing time so far. Tuesday night in worship was great and God really got a hold of many of our students. We concluded the night in a powerful time of church group sharing. Many of the students asked for accountability from each other for help in their walk with Christ and encouragement to stay away from the pressures and struggles they face.
Wednesday was a great day at mission sites. After sites, our eleven first time mission team students and adults were “inducted” in the proper manner to Morningside Youth Mission Trips. We ended our day with a great meal at Bubba Gumps, worship, and church group devotion times. Most were in bed by 12:30am and we’re back at it today at 7:00am
I told you on my last blog that I would give you a list of the students and what teams they’re serving on…so here it is:
** names are grouped to show you who is working together…when you see a space…it’s a new group.
Children’s Ministry:
- Janna McClure
- Emily Parker
- Caroline Ross
- Jeff Briscoe
- Ashley Neighbors
- Brittany Eberhart
- Lindsey Tate
Social Ministry:
- Meredith Pheffer
- Tad Collings
- Courtney Fogle
- Mary Ellen Jeffords
- LeAnn Ross
- Paul Ross
- Anna Robinson
- Justin Briscoe
- Steven Chen
Games & Recreation:
- Ashley Tate
- Lauren Lytle
- Collin Briscoe
- Connor Bastin
- Andy McClure
- Grant Fisher
- Chris Holcombe
Relational Evangelism (at the beach):
- Aaron Ross
- JD Weeks
- Samantha McSwain
Painting/Yard Work:
- Ruth Ann Dodds
- Hunter Smith
- Cathy Dodds
- Nic Moore
- Nathan Neighbors
- Jacob Balmer
- Elisabeth Lytle
Today’s reading is very fitting. We’re talking about obedience today at Mission Fuge and that characteristic is so evident in the life of Job. Through all that he went through, he never cursed God. He never gave up on the truth of who God was in spite of his circumstances. Job 23:12 says, “I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.”
So we’re here at Charleston Southern University with about 200 other students from around the country for Mission Fuge 2010. There are teams from Ohio, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and of course, South Carolina. Today our students broke up onto about 11 teams. Here’s a list of what they did on their 1st day at their mission sites:
- Painted two preschool rooms at a local ministry site
- Played with children and helped lead a day camp at Camp Charleston
- Beach & Pier – relational evangelism
- Clean up at a local boys home
- Served at the downtown Boys & Girls Club
- Played games with kids at a local neighborhood park
- Did yard work for a shut-in
- Led a bible club at a church
- Visited with senior adults at a local nursing home
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