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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Be Still
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On the drive up we entered into Colorado, just hit Pueblo and ate supper and we met a homeless man named Vern. We offered to buy him a burrito at Chipolte but all he wanted was conversation, water and a banana. Whitney Diane said she thought God sent us Vern to put our minds at ease and that he intentionally waited until we were actually in Colorado.
Day 1&2
We actually have a home, we are staying at Boulder Valley Church of Christ.
On day one we went to the highest paved road in the continental U.S. it was 14000 feet! Some of us got headaches and other forms of altitude sickness. Benny, our leader wanted us to do this because we need to slow down and appreciate everything around us. He calls it moseying, we decided it was a derivative of Moses because it took him 40 years to complete what should have been an 11 day journey. When you mosey you actually have time to spend with God. Learning to mosey and get rid of whatever baggage you have is a powerful thing. God needs you to be completely present to do his work. So if you want to join us on this journey, take the day off and go slowly through your day noticing everything around you-- we saw holes in rocks, played in the snow(you won't get to do that in Abilene, and I just put that in to rib you a
bit!). Do something like go to the zoo and just sit and pray and be alone, then when you arestill then get a clean pair of socks (new,clean ones-- the homeless community calls them
"freshies"). Then give them to a homeless person and here's the kicker ask them their name!
This gives them validation, then, . . .tell them your name.
Look at the more pictures link after you have read this!
Gayla
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