Possibly the biggest role I have as a FOCUS missionary is to equip students to be student missionaries, inviting them into discipleship and building them up to be sent on mission while students, but ultimately for the rest of their lives on this earth. This semester, I am blessed to disciple five amazing women. This means that each week, I get to spend an hour with each of them, talking about how their prayer life is, setting goals, and discussing struggles and successes they have in reaching women in their lives and bible studies. It is another of my favorite parts of each week.
Community is important and I realized a couple weeks ago that even though I get to spend time each week with these five ladies, rarely do they all get to be together due to busy work, school, and bible study schedules. So I sent a doodle poll (best tool ever for scheduling) and found a time that worked. 9pm. Thursday. Alright let's do it. I confirmed with everyone and asked them to set aside that time last week, and bought Minion (Despicable Me) graham crackers..... not even knowing what would happen.
As my bible study finished and all the disciples arrived, we popped open the box of minions for a snack. As we did, we realize that there are six minions named on the box... and six of us. We quickly proceed to each choose a minion and then joke about which is which. I cannot put into words the incredible laughter and joy surrounding this... and all over minion crackers. We had some good time sharing our work as missionaries and getting to know one another.... but the lasting impression of the night was joy.
As I thought more about the evening, I realized that the joy comes from each of us choosing daily to be a disciple of Christ. There's even a connection to the movie these minions come from... hear me out. In Despicable Me, the minions follow their leader (Gru) and do whatever he asks. They trust him and have lots of fun together. And they are always joyful (and hilarious). So too with disciples of Jesus. When we can trust Him and do as He says, we too can experience the joy of working for a greater cause than ourselves, together. The minions never work alone, they are always in small groups. So too with us, we must stick together in our cause to help Jesus win back the world. Rather than getting to steal the moon.... we hope to obtain eternal life. I am so thankful that I get to help these five women in their walk of discipleship. Thank you, ladies, for saying yes to Jesus!
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| back: Monica, Teia, Kayla front: me, Kayla, Shannon |
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