the road trip::tales of ambassadizing the nation

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...If I say YES will that encourage you all to comment more often?! ha.

We just got home from Ohio yesterday. We met with some great churches.

1. Had a really good time meeting with Nick Cleveland & Josh Atkins at Wooster (thanks for not getting us sick Josh). They have an awesome facility, lots of good discipleship happening through small groups, and a great ministry to young adults. Check them out.

2. Powell dodgeball tournment: a great model of empowering students. Mark had teams sit together as he shared the gospel with the group, and then each student from their youth ministry had the chance to share 'their faith story' with their team. Regardless of whether anyone came to faith in Jesus or not, 40+ students had the opportunity to share their faith with their peers. Talk about successful.

3. We had students indicate that they want to be discipled at Worthington Grace, Northwest Chapel, and Woodville Grace (Mansfield). Those names got passed along to their youth pastors, and we are excited to hear what happens with these students.

Finally, one funny story:
We went to Panera one day last week. Stacie was tired and slept on the bench of a booth for aboug 2 hours while I did some work. When she woke up she went to eat some of the free bread samples that were sitting out. Then she wandered up to the counter and asked for a cup of coffee. The lady, who had been watching all of this, gave her the cup and said "just take it. You don't need to pay..." Stacie didn't think anything of it and came back to the booth and then said ... "They think I'm homeless."

Moral of the story: If you want free coffee, take a nap in a restaurant and then eat their free samples.

posted by sarah @ 8:27 PM