Fantastic Finish

Day 5 of the MT2NM 09 was a great conclusion to a great week of serving the Lord.  We were blessed this week beyond our imagination and we are left with a feeling of gratitude that God would choose to use normal people like us to impact his kingdom. 

The morning began with a little fun and fellowship with a great game of Ultimate Frisbee.  Many new friendships were forged as we took time to get to know one another in a more competitive atmosphere.  This seemed to really help our team connect with one another and developed a great sense of teamwork as we were about to begin our day.

The church had been used heavily from the block parties throughout the week so we spent the morning cleaning the facility.  Teams were assigned to clean the auditorium, bathrooms, kitchen, parking lots, block party trailer, and the storage shed.  We worked diligently, many of us outside of our comfort zones, especially the bathroom crew.  We left the church looking great thanks to our hard working students.

Before lunch we visited the Isleta Native American reservation to learn about the atmosphere in their communities.  Many of our students had a different outlook on their own lives and possessions after that saw first hand how these indivduals lived.  We prayed for the Native Americans as we drove through as they are in the darkness of ritualistic worship.  We pray that God would do a mighty work in those reservations to free them from the bondage of spiritism and pagan worship and bring them into his marvelous light!

During lunch a group of our freshmen girls had the opportunity to share the Gospel with a university student.  It was obvious that the student was wanting to talk about his own belief system and our freshmen girls did a great job of sharing their faith.  They were able to recall many of the Scriptures that they had memorized and quoted them during their witnessing encounter.  We pray that the seed that was planted in that university student’s heart would grow as God continues to work in his life through the testimony of those brave girls.

After lunch we took a ride on the Sandia Peak tramway.  This tramway is the nation’s longest aerial tramway that took us up to the peak which was at an elevation of 10,396 ft. There was quite of bit of snow up there so we had a great time of snowball fights and sled rides at the Sandia Peak. 

Our students led the praise and worship service at Carlisle Community Baptist Church tonight and they did a great job.  Our students shared testimonies of how they had grown this week while serving the Lord and everyone was encouraged by all of the great things that God chose to do through our group this week.

The night was capped off with a great time of food and fellowship with the students and members of Carlisle CBC.  Our students had a great time of dancing and hanging out and it was a great way to celebrate what God had accomplished this week.

We are sad that the trip is drawing to a close, but we know that our mission field really exists in our homes and schools so our students are ready to take the same passion of sharing the gospel with others that they experienced here in New Mexico back to Keller! 

Please pray for us tomorrow as we will be leaving at 7:00AM Mountain Time and be driving practically all day tomorrow.  We should arrive back in Keller at approximately 8:00-8:30PM CST.