Monday, July 5, 2010

A life in the day of....

I don't know how much ya'll know about Manna or maybe you just know that we love Jesus (and believe me we do :) but I thought I'd take a little time to enlighten you about each of our team members goals and duties here on the team.

First off I'd like to start out by saying how honored I am to serve next to these people. So much so I'm blogging about them. God is incredibly faithful and playing people to their strengths and placing them in their specific role here on the team.

Corinthians 12: 18- 20 says
"But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body." The unity of the team our Father has established continues to fasinate me and deepen my faith in His promises.

Our missionary team consists of Norm, Chad, Ronald & Rosi, Porfi & Carla, and Evan & Rachel.
Norm is our head honcho. He is the Program/Field Director here in Bobita and Rio San Juan. Norm is the overs all and works constantly to assist the missionary team, interns, and groups here over the summer. He is also one of the board members for Manna Global Ministries so he is in constant communication with them and working through the details from the top down. Norm also keeps me in line reminding me constantly to buy ice for the groups while we are in town and holding me accountable to keep the drink cooler stocked with flavored water :) I am very grateful for Norm and his amazing leadership abilities God has blessed him with.

Chad is the co-leader with Norm. Chad works very closely with the Children's home and running the summer groups. Anyone that spends but 30 minutes with Chad can see for themself his gift from the Lord in interacting with the kids in Bobita, Rio San Juan, or anywhere. With the gift of language and sincere interest in developing below surface level relationships, he is very talented in spreading the love of Christ.

Ronald and Rosi are our Rio San Juan evangelists. On any given day they could be found spending time getting to know the group or out in the streets and houses in Rio San Juan just spending time with the people. Ronald is a character, constantly cracking jokes or starting a fun song. As the preacher of our new church in Rio San Juan his profound faith continues to amaze me. Rosi has one of the kindest hearts of anyone I've ever met! Her laughter is contagious as well as her joy for the Lord.

Porfi and Carla work with the childrens home and keep it running. This family represents the epitome of kindness the Bible talks about. I couldn't think of a better couple to pour love out onto the children in the childrens home and lead the house mothers in the way they do. Their gift of the language and knowledge of the Latin American culture are incredible assets to their ministry.

Evan and Rachel run the children's ministry in Rio San Juan. They organize all the children's activities and each have a small girls group and guys bible study group they minister to once a week. Spending time around them you will never find a dull moment. They really love this place and these people and it shows. Love 'em.

Interns!

Me- 'drink dictator' I always make sure we have water, buy ice in Rio San Juan, stock the cooler with drinks to sell and such. As well as 'communication czar' were I update the Manna Dr fan page on facebook, take pictures, and make a slideshow for the groups on the last night.

Jill- 'event empress' She coordinates everything the group will do all day long from informing them, telling them what to wear, how to act, what to expect. She has a big job but she never ceases to carry it out with such joy and passion for the Lord. Love her to death.

Nikki- 'food furor' From getting all the meals together, to arranging food in our tiny freezers she is constantly at work. Nikki does a wonderful job staying organized and keeping us all feed and happy.

Jordan- No title but he works with Nikki because food is such a big job. He keeps us all laughing whether he is shaking his hips or making some ridiculous joke, we like to keep him around.

Carter- 'mechanical monarch' Carter makes sure we always have water in the tank to shower with or have for camp period. This is so much work because if we don't have sun and the solar panels can't pump water, we have absolutely no water at camp. He also continually checks over the Diahtsu to make sure it's good to go. He's amazing at what he does and I'm so proud of his paitence and perservance with this job.

Glenn- 'lodging lord' Anything with the dorms, trash, toilets, laundry, he makes sure everything is up to par with the groups stay. We like to delegate work to him because this is a chill job :)

If you have made it this far I'm impressed. Thanks for caring. This is still only touching the surface. But like I said God is good in placing people right where He will have them so they can have a greater impact for the Kingdom.

Keep us in your prayers and know that we are loving every moment we are able to spend in the Dominican.

Hasta luego,
Audrita