I Hope It Doesn't Rain

Hello You Jonah Loving People,

Let me tell you what’s been happening since you last looked at this blog. I hope that was last week by the way or I would have a lot to update you on.

Well, this last weekend we had a work group here from Grace Community Church. It was great to have people here donating there weekend to help us with some good old elbow grease. “Well, what was accomplished?” you might be asking. Don’t worry, I will tell you. This last weekend we...

            Did a lot of organizing with our community library

            Put a lot of sealant on the roof to prevent leaks

            Moved the science cabinets out of the science room

We also took the windows out of the dining room, making it ready for new heat efficient windows. It was a productive weekend and we are very thankful to have been blessed by people willing to serve others for Jesus. Thank you, guys.

Don't worry we are working fast to put the new windows in. Rock On Todd! However, it is wide open in the Dining Room, as you can see, and it is quite cold when we are eating lunch. I think rain would be a bad thing at this point in time.

On another note, I am getting really excited about Thanksgiving and I hope you all are as well. It is a time to hopefully enjoy family and truly think about what we are thankful for and not in a perfunctory, let’s come up with something obvious kind of way. I would challenge you all to think hard about how God has blessed you this year or even this month, because I know He has, and thank Him for those blessings and ways He has showed His grace. The more I think about being thankful the more I think of Jesus. Simply put, Jesus is God who died to save His creation. Did you know without Jesus you wouldn’t even have life let alone salvation? That’s something to be thankful for.

 

Well I hope you all have a great week and remember to look for God’s grace in your life because it is there.

 

Proud to do Kingdom Work,

soka

As an added bonus here is a sweet High Ropes picture from our last retreat.

Grow Ministry

Well you crazy Jonah supporters,

I hope you are all doing well and that you are using the opportunities God gives you to glorify, serve, and enjoy Him to the best of your abilities.

But since you are reading this blog I guess I should give you an update about what has been going on at Jonah since we last spoke. This week was pretty common yet useful. For one, our look for next summer is coming together and we are getting very pumped about how God is going to use are excitement, creativity, and hard work to glorify Himself next summer through growing staff and campers. Also, winter camps are coming together nicely as well. The closer we get to them the more I know that God is going to be using a lot of people’s dedication to make a winter camp that will be enjoyable but also challenging to every person participating. We have started fundraising for the bus barn and pray that God will use our efforts to grow our ministry and service to Him.

We also had a group here this last weekend which was great. Crossroads Church brought their Sanctuary Student Ministry Teen Leadership up for a weekend of learning, stretching and growing. These teen leaders had the opportunity to learn from their youth pastor as well as being stretched on the high ropes course, pushing them out of the comfort zone that made it hard for some but all of them grew in their courage because of this activity.

I hope this glimpse of how God is using us encourages you to be more focused on God wherever you are. Remember you ARE a missionary wherever you are and God has you there to be missional and reach others with the amazing truth of His existence and His beautiful Gospel.

Keep us in your prayers that God will grow our ministry and our focus on Him and while you are talking to Him pray that He would increase your ministry as well.

Jesus is awesome and it is all about Him, if it is not about Him what is the point,

Soka

Candy and Rest

Hello all you people who keep yourself updated through this wonderful blog,

This was a good week here at Jonah despite the fact there was no retreat group here, but God still used us. Wednesday night we had the classic Harvest Festival in our gym complete with carnival booths, games, snacks, and the famous cake walk. I love cake walks. It was a great way to celebrate fall and give kids the opportunity to eat much candy, play great games, and dress up. Kids love dressing up. Don’t worry, I am sure they had more candy on Friday too.

One of the great things about this weekend was the fact we were able to take a break and rest a little bit. It is kind of a rare concept around here, the idea of taking a break and not doing anything but what is restful. Jeff and Beki went to the women’s retreat on the coast and had a great time of relaxation and learning. It’s ok, Jeff was the Bus Driver he didn’t actually attend Women’s retreat, that would be weird.

Soka had some friends and family up for part of the weekend and it was a sweet chance for him to rest and visit with people he misses a lot. They were able to do some cool activities and just look at Jonah and see what kind of ministry we are and how God uses us. Also, they just had fun which is good.

So that was the week, a little bit of community fun, and well placed rest. Don’t forget, God invented rest and life is not about working constantly trying to get everything done. God made the whole world and rested for a day, Jesus sealed salvation and sat down at the right hand of the Father, so take a break and rest because God set up the world that way.

Proud to do Kingdom Work,

Soka