The course here in Maui is in its third week and has been a remarkable time. Definitely a rewarding time of mentoring students and seeing them transformed by the Word of God renewing their minds. I love it. I love spending time investing in each of these students and studying the Word of God together. But we can't stay here. Three months will fly by and bring us to the threshold of outreach .There is preparations that must be made and can't wait. The days prod us onward and force our hand. Even as we keep making the most of each day here in the classroom, we can't linger. We must keep investing in the present, and yet look ahead to invest in preparations for the coming next step.
Its official- I am leading a team of students back to China in December! I am so excited about this outreach- the opportunities are abundant, the doors open, and my team outstanding. My heart is brimming with anticipation for those months ahead of us.
But we're not there yet. Our students still have a rich and transforming course to complete here in Maui. We can't fully push forward to the next step. We have to live here in the tension: being present, living fully today, investing in the future and making preparations for a step we can't quite take. Its kind of a classic hurry up and wait.
This season in Maui with my students is remarkable, but we can't stay forever. The preparations are pressing.
Though we must prepare for the outreach to China, we have to stay focused on this time of training. Outreach is definitely coming, but we can't push it.
If there is a time for everything, i guess this is a time to hurry up and wait.
