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Week four on the Intern adventure
As you have perhaps previously read, the internship has been full of adventure, and this week was no different. The first week of our timetables allowed us to gain insight into all of the contexts we will be working in. This was tiring but worth it!
Our week...
To begin with we were able to meet new freshers at church on Sunday and converse over jacket potatoes and beans. It was a brilliant sight to see them arrive on Sunday which boosted our congregation from 120 to 350 members. It was a pleasure to meet everyone as well as an encouragement to see so many students wanting to meet with God.
Take two -the Sunday evening service was a time for students (mainly) to respond to God and meet him in a personal and vulnerable way which was inspired by Ruth's teaching on the invitation to partake in Gods plan. What an amazing chance we have and how gracious is our God to even ask.
The placements -have been all over the place this week! Some of us are working with Aquila Way and we were able to visit the houses we can choice to volunteer to work in. Others were continuing to run the Christian Union meetings - at one school the children were asked 'Who is God?' Rachel was amazed by the deep insight the children had into who God actually is -the trinity was even mentioned. Some of us helped with the youth work in Crook-this week they were taking the initiative to plan a Halloween party-Pumpkins and bats were made! However this week was a challenge with the older group due to their relationship with the older generation in this area- Please Pray for reconciliation within this town... it's desperately needed!
Interact - Calling all International Students! - This was a chance for international students to socially mix with UK students. Monday night was the first one: loaded with tea, cakes and our custom-made Interact t-shirts… Interact began! We, meaning 30 of us or more, played games from different countries which allowed friendships to begin as well as laughter!
Prayer Please-
Pray for God to bless these friendships , contacts and meetings where we have opportunity to talk about Jesus and our faith to people who have never heard. Pray for our hearts and minds to be active in these conversations in order to engage effectively with everyone we meet. Also that we would have a God-given compassion for the work ahead, but mostly for the people involved. We all need to continue to commit these plans to the Lord and to find his heart and purpose amongst these contexts. Thank you so much for your prayers... it means a lot to know that we are being supported. Amen.
Blessings
Becky and the team