A Great Catch

This week ended with a first - God in Nature Day. We started by cleaning and reorganizing all of the supplies we used during the week. Then once that was finished we headed out on the open seas on Karazim’s two boats - Karazim 1 and Southern Lady. We spent about an hour getting to the cove where we dropped anchor and spent about 4 hours enjoying the spoils of this beautiful island. We snorkeled, swam, ate, talked, and had a wonderful time in fellowship with each other. One of the members of the fishing ministry was on board with us and he brought in one or Karazim’s traps. In it were 6 lobsters and 1 blue crab - a great catch for one trap. Not only did we grill up the hot dogs and hamburgers we had brought with us, but Raoul prepared some fresh lobster tail for the group. Definitely a great way to wrap up the week. After a quick clean up, we prepared for our final group devotion of the week. For many this is their favorite part, an opportunity to lift up team members, the work we did, and praise Jesus for the opportunity to serve him this week. Our verse for the week came from 1 John 4:4 - “..the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” When we focus our time and love on God and less time on the things of the world, we can fulfill the purpose the God has for us. And one of those purposes is to go and make new disciples. And as we were wrapping up breakfast, talk of next year’s trip has already begun. There are lots of promises of coming back next year, maybe even becoming an intern. So I reiterated something that Raoul has said year after year. We don’t need to go and bring recruit everyone on of our friends, but if “each one can reach one” we can make a huge difference.