New Staff Training has been incredible so far. I have been here a little under 3 weeks. Got here on a Tuesday, the rest of that week was spent in meetings and trainings. A highlight was meeting Vonette Bright, the wife of the founder of Campus Crusade - precious. There are 240 of us, at times I get emotional looking at everyone - knowing that the Lord has called us to work with such an awesome worldwide organization to bring Him glory. I am so thrilled to see, in part and one day fully, the impact that the class of '09 is going to have on the Kingdom.
The past 2 weeks have been spent taking 2 graduate level seminary classes - we even get credit, yipee! Seems well deserved for all the reading, writing, studying, and projects we've done - it has been intense but I've loved just about every moment. The final I'm studying for is for the Intro to Christian Theology class. The prof has taught this class twice a year for 35 years and has not lost (probably has gained!) an ounce of passion, sincerity, and sweet love for Jesus. He came to know the Lord in college, makes learning from him even sweeter.
The other class we took is called Bible Study Methods. It was awesome and obviously VERY applicable to my personal walk with Jesus and in ministry in general. We learned awesome tools for studying the Word and then put them to practice in Ephesians 2:1-10. One of my biggest take-aways is to remember to ask 2 questions when studying any passage: 1. What does this passage reveal about my brokenness and rebellion that requires the redemptive work of Christ? 2. How does this passage point me to Christ and His redemptive work? I love that God's redemptive plan has been in place for an eternity and can be seen throughout the entire Bible!
Well, this aspect of New Staff Training will wrap up after our final tomorrow morning. Then a big group of us are going white water rafting (excited and scared!) to celebrate. Tomorrow evening we'll be hearing from our president's (Steve Douglass, heard from him during the first week, so great) wife - looking forward to that! Everyone will be getting their final placements in terms of the campuses we've been assigned to serve the Lord at. No suspense for me, I've known for a while that I'll be back at Cal - neat to be a support to those who will be excited/shocked/sad/glad about their placements. The rest of the week will be spent in more meetings and trainings and then Friday begins an intense week of Ministry Partner Development training.
Good thing I've been swimming here, all this sitting AND the great food would be bad news after a while! Side note, I'm really enjoying a band called Tenth Avenue North right now - check them out. I'm excited because they're coming to do a concert at the gigantic nation wide staff conference here at the end of the month. Have a blessed week friends!
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