Starting A Movement

On Saturday we had an awesome meeting! Students from three different universities gathered to take a look at the big picture for this semester. We talked about some basic leadership skills and gave students ownership of the ministry. What is really exciting is that some of these students have just started following Jesus! They simply want to see others experience Jesus as well. They are interested in starting a movement on their campus.

Basketball

Last semester I practiced and played a few games with the basketball team at USACH. It was fun and a great way to get to know some guys. The exercise was a bonus. Last week I connected with the guys for the first time in a few weeks. Marco lives just a few blocks from me. He stopped by my apartment on his way back from class Wednesday. We talked, ate dinner and played a few matched of ping pong. Marco is agnostic but knows that he needs to move towards a decision. We have been able to talk about Jesus a few times. It is great to have friendships with students like Marco. Rodrigo is also on the team. He came to a few things with Vida Estudiantil last semester. I like Rodrigo, he is real easy going and witty.

I need to decide if I will make the basketball team a priority this semester. I know 10 guys pretty well and there are 10 new players this semester.

Four Month Float Trip

Before I left for Chile I got the ball rolling for studying theology. I got the applications in. And figured out what classes I wanted to start with. But I didn't get the books ordered before I left. Things kind of piled up on me during December. In March I ordered all the text books for Church History I and Systematic Theology I. A substantial investment. So my parents dropped them in the mail at the beginning of April. I figured, maybe a month or so. About the first week of July I had given up. I told my mom on the phone that we needed to make one last effort to get the postal service to tell us what might have happened. The next day I got a slip in my mailbox telling me they had arrived! We are so used to having everything fast! Four months to get a package seems like something from the early 1900's. I'm pretty sure "surface" means the package came on a ship. A little worse for wear, but I got everything I need to start class.
As the ministry gets into a good rhythm this spring semester and I finish my adjustment to leading the team I hope to enroll in church history.