Rejoicing in Trials ♥ (Dale's Legacy)

Guys, I just wanted to say I'm sorry for not posting the past two days. First of all, I had church. Secondly, internship went all day and then I had band practice. It was super, super busy. And then when I finally had a free day to catch up on this, I heard some tragic news. A friend of mine was shot and killed walking across the street to bible study. He was walking with two friends and died a martyr. As he lay on the ground wounded, he prayed for the forgiveness of his shooters. I miss him, so much. But I know he's partying with Jesus, and his legacy will live on. His death won't be in vain. I'm going to win more souls for the kingdom. So, in place of the last two days of internship for right now(which were amazing by the way), I'm going to share a poem I wrote about Dale. I hope that's okay. (Not that anyone is really reading this, but hey, you never know).

Dale's Legacy by: Christina

Dale's Legacy by: Christina Shumard

It's hard to believe that you're gone,
It seems life is a day that doesn't last for long.
As I sit here and remember the life you lead,
I'm ever so proud to have called you friend.
Dale loved God with everything inside,
And his passion for the lost was something he couldn't hide.
Though we can't understand why,
As we weep and find it hard to say goodbye,
What satan meant for evil, God will turn around for good
We will win this city, I know that we could.
Dale was a great man of God, and gave people hope
If someone was cold, he would of given his coat.
Even in his death, lessons were taught
Life is short and there are battles to be fought
Against the rulers of darkness and hell,
We've got a mission and many to tell
About the love of God and the price that was paid
For our souls, it's the one thing that will never fade.
Lets not let Dale's passing be in vain,
Lets be inspired and spread God's fame.
We'll share this message until it's time
To see Dale and Jesus, and party on the other side.

Day Two.

So yesterday was day two of internship, and I'm getting around to posting about it today. Mainly because I was exhausted when I got home yesterday and I don't start til 3pm today, which is good. Very good. Anyway, yesterday I showed up. I waited. Amy called me and said that she had gotten a flat tire on the way to intern, and she was so frustrated. I was just like, lawl it's the devil trying to keep you from getting here. And she said, "I WANNA KICK HIM IN THE FACE!" and I was all, "Well make it here and do it!" :D she made it. a little late, but better late than never, right? Anyway. First class was devotional life. I'd been following a daily devotional plan before internship (well, not really, I just picked random chapters to do my daily devotions on) and they gave us a new one. The normal SOAP plan. From the beginning. I get to do it all over again. Oh, p.s. SOAP stands for Scripture Observation Application Prayer. It's not something bad, so now you know :P So they had us all do our first day of SOAP right there. And then halfway through mine they're like "Btdubbs, you have to read these to the whole class when you're done." I about flipped a lid. Nervously I finished mine, but in the end we didn't have enough time to read them, HALLELUJAH! Haha. Also I feel like Pastor Jordan is thinking about all my weaknesses/fears that were on the paper we had to fill out Monday. I think he's trying to find way to help with them. And it's scary to know that he knows about them. But, oh wells. So after that we had "Life of Honor" class with Pastor Jack, and it was awesome! It really got me thinking too. I need to try to honor more. Just the way he said things. Like when you do something contrary to the Word, you're dishonoring God and people (Which means to treat them as common or ordinary) and it really frustrated me. When you dishonor people, you dishonor God. When you dishonor God, you dishonor people. It's just how it works. But when you honor God, it's always followed by His supernatural power. If honoring Him gets you in a sticky situation, He'll be the one to take care of it because you honored Him. Good stuff. So, that's one thing to work on. We headed to lunch afterwards. I got to know some people a little more. Like Ashley. And I got some coffee which was much needed. So then, we were supposed to go to TCO (turnaround community outreach) to do some stuff for them. But I guess this is still orientation week, so we stayed at the church. I got to help set stuff up in the new youth room and then they put me on graphics. I edited the baptism video that we'll be watching in youth tomorrow, and it was exciting! I love editing, and I'll be learning more this year since I'm in graphics for the rest of these 9 months. So yeah. Then after that was done, I was going to learn lights but surprisingly the day was over. I was kind of amazed. It went by quick. So that was day two of internship. And I'm ready for today. It'll be from 3-9 plus there's church tonight. Should be exciting.

GROW Interns 2011 ♥

~Christina

Day One.

For those of you who already know me, welcome to my "Grow Internship" Blog. For those of you who don't, allow me to introduce myself and what I'm doing here. I'm Christina Conduit. I come from a small town, but I've got big dreams and I tend to think outside the box. This blog will record my adventures during the Grow Internship, which I'm a part of for the next 9 months. It takes place at Faith Family, my home church. The point of the internship is to grow my relationship with God, become a better leader, to learn more about how to work in ministry, and how to reach others more. Though there's more than that to it, those are the basics. If you're not already bored, maybe you'll enjoy this blog, because it's going to get way more exciting as it goes on. If you'd like to hear more about who I am personally, I'd suggest you check out my other blog http://christinaconduit.blogspot.com/. Anywho, without further ado, I shall go ahead and rant about day one of GROW.

Grow Internship 9/19/11

I walked into the church today. More nervous than I've ever been walking into the church. After finding out where to go, I started to head that way and ran into my friend Amy, who is also in GROW. She started to rant and ramble about how awesome internship will be, and got me more fired up than I already was. So after about bursting from excitement, we headed to the room. Desks. Chairs. A few other people. Seven people to be exact. I soon realized, these were the other interns. Seven of us. Taking on this year together, and doing big things for God together. Becoming family. And I couldn't help but laugh to myself. Such an odd group of people to put together. Two of them already leading in the church, one very ambitious with nearly 3 jobs, one who doesn't know exactly why she's there, another who I hardly know anything about, and one who has tried everything else and found himself here. And then there's me. Little ol' me. Just Christina. As my thoughts lingered, Pastor Jordan entered the room and began to speak. He shared with us a lot of what would be going on for the next nine months. And I'll be honest, a lot of it scared me. He said people's toes will be stepped on. Secrets will come to light. All of the junk inside will come out, and it'll all change. Amy caught my eye and I looked over at her. We gave each other terrified looks and then looked back to Pastor Jordan. I smiled confidently. Regardless of everything, this year will take me to another level, I'll be new I'll be changed. And who wouldn't want that if it's for the better? After getting our schedules for the year and (gulp) introducing and sharing about ourselves, we headed to lunch. After all was said and done there, we headed back to the classroom for our first and only class of the day. Derrick was teaching it. I wouldn't really call it a class though. The point of it was to find out what kind of 'learner' we are, so we could know how to learn throughout the year. I found out I'm in the 5%(figures, I'm an oddball) of the intuitive feelers. Meaning I learn best through visual type stuff. Meaning, pictures, sounds, ect. And those type of learners generally have the job of an artist, any kind of artist really. Painter, musician...And I knew it was me. So, there's that. Then before being dismissed, we were given a paper to fill out.

"Goals for this year: Grow in my relationship with God, become a better leader, lead more people to Christ, become more outgoing...

Vision(five years from now): A Way Eternal (AWE) ministries, running strong. Having a whole youth center with a cafe, having concerts, bible studies, ect. Lead by Christina(me), Darius, and Tessa."

There were more things to fill out, but I honestly can't remember them. We had to give the papers back to Pastor Jordan. He's putting them away until the end of internship, and then

we're filling out new ones on the last day, and comparing them to our old ones. I feel silly for

all of my answers because he's going to read them, but oh well's. Oh, AWE is the band I'm in,

in case anyone was lost there. Darius and Tessa are the other members, I heart them greatly.

But yeah, after that we were given a ton of books and dismissed. I'm shaking in my boots

but I'm ready for tomorrow.

-Christina

P.s. They made me answer questions. I'm quite shy.

Guess this will be the start of breaking me out of my comfort zone.