Day One is over and Day two has begun!

Day one went well. Blessed travel, good lodging, adequate showers. Worship went good. Our speaker shared that his wife was just diagnosed with her fourth cancer battle. Doctors give her another 12 months. I found myself struggling with the thoughts of his struggle and the fear that Kelly could have the same thing happen to her. We finished the day with a good church group time, we were joined by a local Navajo pastor and his son.

Today is Sunday. Sunday is the day we get to meet our crews. My crew is the toenails. I have Richard Magallenes as my crew chief and Bekka Berryhill as my encourager. I also get to serve with Taylor Burks and Kayleigh Steward. I am very very excited about my crew.

More to come...

During our journey to Gallup today we received heartbreaking news, Calvary had lost a dear dear friend and Christ servant. Paul Trotter had passed away. A stunned silence came over our van as the 9 of us tried to come to grips with what we had just heard. The overwhelming sentiment was "I just cant believe it". As we slowly absorbed our new reality, silence gave way to reminiscing. Memories of Paul in the nursery and working with the children in VBS, Sunday school and many other times. My memory leaned more towards his selfless servant heart as he spent so many hours cleaning our worship center and many other areas of the building. Paul never complained, he just served. It was his ministry, it was his heart. Calvary has truly lost a part of its body today. One that could never be replaced. Our loss is Heaven's gain. Surely God's plan was fulfilled in Paul's life today. We could never fathom His "timing"all we can do is trust that Paul's time was complete. With his mission on this earth through he was welcomed by his Saviour with those words I oh, so long to hear someday "well done good and faithful servant". Until we see you again my brother in Christ, Calvary thanks you and I thank you for showing us all what it looks like to live as Christ.

Cory

Greatness

So yesterday was my "big day." I have to be honest though I feel kind of bad for Cory. My frame that hold my license is way bigger than his. He seems to be okay with it so I guess that's good.

Once again thanks to all who have supported me and continue to support me as well as the rest of our staff at Calvary. We really do appreciate you all so much!

After receiving my license I began to wonder if it really made me any different. After a long day of thinking about it I came to a conclusion...No. It doesn't make me any different. I am thankful that it happened but whether I have a license or not me living out my life for Christ will never end no matter what. Often times many of us think we aren't capable of such servanthood or maybe feel we are not worthy because we aren't called to vocational ministry. But I know that we are all called to be ministers to the world! 

Yes believe it or not we all have special gifts given to us from God! I love in when Paul is writing to the church in Corinth telling them how this is true and compares them to the human body. Yes some may be the arm and strong but some may be small like a little pinky toe but a human cannot balance themselves without that little toe! It is such a great way to describe the true body of Christ and I also like that the very next thing he addresses right after that is how faith, hope, and love will endure forever. Such a beautiful thing!

To sum it all up we are all called to greatness. I am not talking of the "Americanese" wealth and fame rather I am speaking of a Godly plan for our lives that is beyond what we can even imagine in our life right now. 

Dream big. Live large. Most of all love God. "...and the greatest of these is love." - 1 Corinthians 13:13