The sun is out, the temperature in Dallas has topped 100 degrees and vacation plans are underway. I’m curious about your favorite summer memories. Discuss.

For me I think it was the summer that I was 17. I had wanted to go on a mission trip for years. Finally that summer everything started working together, and I went to Hong Kong for 2 months. It was when I was in Hong Kong that I discovered my heart for missions and God’s heart for true relationship with me. It was on the mission trip that I finally began to taste what a relationship with God can be. I guess before that point being a Christian was what I did. I was just sort of good at being good, you know? But that summer… I began to see the heart of God and began to understand that I really could have a real relationship with Jesus. Yeah, that was a good summer.

Missions. I definitley always want to be a part of what God is doing in the world. It’s easy for me to get distracted by “things” and forget that God’s heart is for all of His people. His heart is that all would know Him and I want my heart to be as much like His as possible. For me, I can’t go on missions this summer, but I can still be a part of it. I can give and I can pray… I can pray like it was my real-life brother over in Burma with no clean drinking water. I can pray and ask God to deposit His heart into mine and show me what to do. Yeah, there is something I can do.

If any of you are looking to go on missions, there are several groups that organize these types of trips. One of the groups is called Adventures in Missions. They do college-aged trips and have been around for a while. There is an AIM ROOV as well. You can also check out the Overseas Missions ROOV and get some more dialogue going.

Okay… now I’m going to get back to work. Have a great weekend!