Paul Cornell has been a long time leader in the High School Ministry. He is a guy who I have a ton of respect and admiration for, so I was excited when he said he would write his very first blog post!
"We had six days with Center for Student Missions in Los Angeles, an organization that provides urban mission experiences that honor Jesus Christ. As a group we sorted food at the L.A Food Bank, prepared food at Project Angel Food, spent three afternoons at the Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood where we played, helped with homework, and did art projects with children. We spent a morning with a woman named Sister Luz whom I had worked with on a past trip in 1996. She is 65 and has been serving Christ in L.A and the skid row area for 28 years. She does street church and then gives out food. We were to sing some songs and give a message and then help pass out food. Sister Luz instructions to us were, "this is not a time to be timid, sing and speak boldly in the name of Jesus Christ." We served food at the Midnight Mission
on skid row as well. One morning we split up into three group and took a homeless person to breakfast and spent an afternoon at a convalescent home. Our last night was spent at the beach for dinner and our last study on the Beatitudes. Bible studies had been taught on Matt 5:3 - Blessed are the poor in spirit, 5:7 - Blessed are the merciful, 5:8 - Blessed are the pure in heart and 5:9 - Blessed are the peace makers, which were all excellent. Some of our upper-classmen led our devotion time. Now came the time for affirmation which is a very powerful, emotional time. We sat on the beach sharing and I know we were all thinking about what God had shown us during this fast paced week. I kept thinking about Sister Luz , an amazing woman, who has probably gotten more about serving our Lord then I'll ever know in a lifetime. These amazing
students never stopped serving, encouraging or doing whatever was asked of them and I've been sitting at this computer trying to put into words how special they all are to me and how they have blessed my life and I don't have the words. All week they imitated Christ's humility in Philippians 2:1-2, "If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose." All week long God once again showed me how blessed I am, my prayer is that I act like it."
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