Category: Allegheny Intern ’03
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Ouch!
Today I received my first physical attack for Christ. At speaker’s corner a Muslim man had forced Jay off his ladder. After several times being removed from his ladder the police showed up. They asked Jay to move. At the new location I stood in front of him to try and deter attacks. The same…
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Speakers’ Corner
Yesterday I had an awesome time at speakers’ corner. My heart was really broken by several people being ruder than anyone else and doing so in Jesus’ name. I took some time to pray that God would give me peace, that he would speak through me and, among other things, that those who call Jesus…
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C
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week I was at Chambersburg BIC, primarily with Frances Drost. The first day I attended a staff meeting in the morning, then helped pick out songs for both the upcoming traditional and contemporary service, then I picked out songs for a traditional service on my own. Wednesday Frances selected keyboard…
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Encounter
Yesterday I got back from a Friday, Saturday, Sunday encounter retreat with Mike Holland. He took me along both so I could experience the retreat and so I would know how an encounter retreat is run. Mike really sees them as a great way to jump-start a new believer in their faith. I enjoyed the…
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All Over
Looking back over the last two days, I’m not sure all of what I did. I spent a portion of the day setting up for the Board for World Missions (BWM) meeting. In the afternoon I attended John Brubaker’s state of the mission address. I was struck with his skill in using the PowerPoint medium.…