Pioneers

This is a video pastor kummer put together and watching it gives me chills! I went to Bethel today for a short meeting and ended up spending the entire day just loving those kids. Sometimes it is so hard to just be in charge and responsible all day everyday and it was so wonderful just to observe and to be available to give hugs, to hold hands, to wipe tears and to give a spongebob band aid. The kingdom is so simple in that way. I know that I haven't written tons and tons about Bethel because it's hard to put into words oftentimes. Yet I know that God is at work. It's an interesting summer because the program is about to transition. No plans are made but everyone knows it. It's at a point, where those in charge right now, are not at Bethel for the long run. We are not equipped, ready or able to handle this community forever, yet we are still be used in powerful ways. It is my deepest desire that a big church or a big ministry, relevant to the Bethel community, would move into the neighborhood and take over the ministry. We cannot do it alone and we are really ready for some real help to come in. I think for the first time today I understood that our role at Bethel is a pioneering one. It is not necessarily to fix the problems but maybe just to understand what they are. Whatever happens in this place I want to be there to see it happen.