Sunday morning the team was at Inland. This is the gathering in Chino. We got to meet Nathan Neighbor and Scott Burbank. It was great to meet them. There was this immediate connection and relationship that was instantly built. We had a great talk about Mosaic and what is going on within this church. This community is going through a transitional stage and how each of these sites deal with it is interesting to see and experience. They are looking to us interns as fresh eyes and they ask us what we think they should do. It's an amazing feeling to be asked what we think. We are essentially new to this type of ministry and for them to want our opinion is encouraging.
After lunch we went to South Bay... an evening gathering a couple of roads away from the beach. It's inside a Community Centre and to just see the transformation from community center to intimate gathering setting... was remarkable. They part that surprised me was that they set up and tear down that room every week. They were happy about doing it too. They didn't complain once about the fact that they had to do it AGAIN. Goodie is the site pastor of this location and after we all went out for coffee. He told us his story of being born in Compton and becoming a national speaker to living off food stamps and getting welfare to working with Erwin McManus and Mosaic. He brought up the mentality of progression and the story always continues. It just matters if we acknowledge it or not. God gives us many opportunities to understand what he has planned, but sometimes we are so fixated on the one mind stream that we have. If it doesn't focus on that, then God isn't speaking to me, but He speaks in a round-a-bout way. Absolutely inspiring and refreshing!
After that Chad and I went to hang out with Mayan folk and hung out at Spitz. I got home late and slept! It was a great day of learning, experiencing and growing! 4 weeks and 4 days left! YIKES!
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