Monday morning we went to training. The training was about intercession. Intercession is reading and agreeing with the Bible. We did one hour of intercession prayer in Antigua before heading back to prayer mountain.
Tuesday- we got up early and drove 1.5 hours to the village where we are helping build a house. We started moving materials, dirty. Then afterwards we went back to prayer mountain. One of my teammates shared their testimony.
Wednesday-we were involved in soccer ministry in the morning for a village that was about 2 miles away. Involved, I mean some of my teammates and I played a scrimmage soccer game with them. Man let me tell you I am a competitive person and I was playing my best. But those kids are so skillful and fast that I feel like I can’t compare to them. Wednesday afternoon we went back to prayer mountain and helped work on stuff around the mountain to make it livable. Right now they are trying to get the electricity and water flowing smoothly. And making platforms to move storage buildings.
Thursday-I felt kinda bad that I didn’t do any work. I pretty much got up and went to town to take a one hour call with my mentor in the states. That took pretty much the whole day because of transportation and then we just decided to spend sometime with the Lord before we went back. So the call that I have with my mentor is a weekly thing. I have one hour calls with her because I am a team leader.
As a team leader, you are to ensure things run smoothly, communicate with the host and then communicate it with the team. Lead things and take initiative. Make decisions. During training camp they talked about the role and my squad were able to voice what we were good at. There were treasury, logistics, team leader, storyteller and worship coordinator. I said that I would be good as treasurer. I hate being a leader, and hate telling people what to do (especially adults). Hate being put on the spot. Also, hate making decisions for people. I like to go with the flow. But I accepted the role of team leading. Now we are in week 3. I am starting to learn more about what I’m supposed to do. I struggled this week especially with thoughts like I don’t want to be a team leader anymore. I don’t feel confident. I am too quiet. My Bible knowledge is the lowest on the team, my faith is less than and just feeling unqualified. But I am trying my best because I believe that the Lord can use the least qualified and he has appointed me to this position. Please pray for me as a team leader to grow in my role, faith, knowledge and to be confident.
Friday-Sabbath, we had multiple people that work with the AIM base here in Guatemala come to do their sabbath with us. So sabbath was a little different, but it was still good. It made the day go by a little fast. During sabbath, we got to chat with people and I was able to share my story with some of the people that were there.Then we ended with worship and prayer by the fire.
Saturday-My team left the mountain for Antigua in the city where we have been staying in the Airbnb for the weekends. Once we got here we cleaned up and took our laundry to be washed and then one person on my team shared her testimony. Then we watched a training video. In the afternoon we went to Serve Hope Cafe and did scripture reading. Afterwards my team had a belated galentines dinner. It
Sunday- slow start to the morning and then breakfast at Burger King. In the afternoon we supported the team that we played soccer with on Wednesday. Then finished shopping for the rest of our groceries for the week.
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Love,
Yu-Mei
Thanks for sharing your adventures! Sounds like you are doing great!
It’s great to hear from you! Keep up the good work!
Dear YuMei, I’m glad you accepted the role as team lead despite how unqualified and unconfident you feel. God sees the end result, we see our lack. One thing a team lead gets to do is delegate responsibilities, so you don’t always have to tell people what to do, but assign tasks to others. You don’t have to be confident in yourself, all you need is confidence in God that HE can do in you what you can’t accomplish on your own. Confidence in what God is giving you also keeps you from becoming prideful in your own skills. “I don’t feel confident. I am too quiet. My Bible knowledge is the lowest on the team, my faith is less than and just feeling unqualified.” Well, you’re right there with Paul who said he’s the least (1 Cor 15:9), so you’re in good company. And look at what God did through Paul! I’m sooo glad you’re trying your best! God will reward you for your efforts.
Dear God, Please help YuMei to grow int confidence in YOU that you will gladly guide her (James 1:5-8 Message version). Bless her weekly diligence to spend time in the Word will help her to get to know her Bible better and understand You better. Give her wisdom in her role as team leader. Help her delegate effectively, take ownership, and learn how to get input from the rest of the team and then make fair and wise decisions. In Jesus’ name, amen.