You said...

You said, "Ask and you will recieve whatever you need."
You said, "Pray and I'll hear from heaven and I'll heal your land."

You said Your glory will fill the earth life water the seas
You said, "Lift up your eyes, the harvest is here, the kingdom is near"

You said, "Ask and I'll give the nations to you."
Oh Lord, that's the cry of my heart
Distant shores and the islands will see Your light as it rises on earth

That Shane & Shane song is a great song to start off anything having to do with missions because it's just such a great prayer. That was how we started off this past week, with Billy singing "You Said." This week was the Intermediate School's Mission Week. It was amazing. Starting Monday morning all the way through Friday morning we were at the Church at 8 in the morning and at Emerald Pointe apartments to play with the kids by about 9. When we got there we just played with them for about half an hour, then we got started with a Backyard Bible Club there. Inside the Dream Center we sang some amazing songs.....such as "The Shark Song," "Romans 16:19," "Waves of Mercy," "Arcitc Edge," "The Beaver Song," "Gorilla, Man, Gun"(If that counts as a song), and you can't forget "Jesus loves me" in English, Sign Language and Spanish!!!(Go Haley!!!!!) After that was story time. We told the stories of Creation, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the Whale, Christmas and Easter. Next, we split up the older and younger kids and some went to do arts and crafts and some went to rec. We played some pretty sweet games of 4-square. I'm pretty sure nearly every one of our youth had at least one kid at Emerald Pointe that they hung out with a lot while they were there. Mine was a little girl named Cheyanne. She was adorable. That was about all we did at Emerald Pointe. After Emerald Pointe we went either to someone's house for a pool party/crazy fun water day at the church or we watched a movie on the 3rd floor depending on the weather. Those were pretty exciting. The afternoon's were free to do whatever you wanted until 7. Then we went up to the church either on the 3rd floor or in the Chapel (depending on avalibility) for a worship service. The worship services were led by two of Courtney Chapman's friends from Auburn University: Billy and James (James Taylor that is!). They were absolutely amazing guys. Billy led the worship with his guitar and James preached some awesome sermons. They were just amazing. We usually didn't get home until a little after 11 because of parties and such. I really did have a great time this week! I'd like to thank Courtney for doing such and incredible job planning it, to all the other interns for helping out so much and to James and Billy for coming down....I mean over...to help with this week. It wouldn't have been nearly as good without any of y'all helping out. And all the students that participated were great. I love you guys. Well, I'll be posting more later!
Jenna