28/04/2023
Rocking it in Texas!
Check out this awesome by Zane Graham!
"What Outreach has Done for my Life?
In 2021 the Lord put it on my heart to be more involved in His mission. I had been going to church on Sundays, and kept seeing the announcements about outreaches every other weekend. My wife and I decided that we needed to get involved as a family.
My soon to be good friend, Tam Macintosh, had organized an outreach where we went to an RV park and handed out bags of food door to door. This was the year after Covid and people in that RV park had fallen on tough times. My family helped serve with other families. It wasn’t easy at first, but just knowing that's where God wanted us to be made any anxiety we were feeling diminish. After the outreach was over we did a download time where we grabbed lunch and talked about how God was working through all the different outreach groups. At that download time my soon to be good friend, Justin Rusinovich, asked me to come to Men’s Group on Wednesday nights. Shortly after that conversation I attended a my first Men's Small Group. I was nervous about that as well, but everyone made me feel welcome. Not long after my wife joined a Women’s Group, and Justin’s wife invited us to a Couple’s Group. One of our daughters had been attending Youth Ministry and our other daughter joined in shortly after. Now a few years later, my family and I continue to do outreaches, have made many lifelong friends, and in March of 2022 served on our first Mission Trip as a family.
So what does outreach mean to me? It has allowed me to be obedient to my Heavenly Father. It has connected me with other believers who go out and show God’s love in a practical way. Who would have thought I could be like Jesus by dancing like crazy at a red light and giving someone a free Dr. Pepper? Outreach has allowed me to serve with youth, young adults, people my age, and older. People from all walks of life. Just knowing that even if only one person comes to Christ, it’s worth every minute. Our main goal is to reach the lost and lead them to Jesus, but I believe outreach is also for us as believers to to do what God has called us to do. Living out my faith has lead to peace that I have never had before. Jesus has forever changed my heart and continues to work on me on daily. I have learned that all God wants from us is a relationship with Him. He wants our hearts. That lesson God taught me started with OUTREACH. God Bless ❤️🙏"
