How I live.

Honestly I live both a biblical and worldly life. I am a struggling christian, I will  be honest about that. I grew up in a christian home so I know whats wrong and right but there is the rebel in me that just wants to...well rebel. I have had my moments where I was not walking with god I was just going with the flow of the world. But I didn't like how I felt or how my life was going. I realized life was awful with out God, so at this moment I am not worldly but I'm not a perfect christian either (really though, who is?). Right now I am in between, I am redeveloping my relationship with God and realizing how sad it is to be with out God. I gave my heart to God but as I think about it I slowly started slipping away and Gods comfort and embrace also slipped away. But realizing my relationship with God was not what I wanted it to be I got back on track and let me tell you...life is great. I still have my ups and downs but God is always there to pick me up, dust me off and send me on the path he has for me.

Parachurch and Church

A parachurch is an organisation that works out side of the church and is usually more focused on business.For example a christian camp is more focused on business but still teaches the word. A church is a community. A church focuses on the word more than the business side of things.

A church can support a parachurch, usually by finance. A parachuch can support a church just as much as a church can support it. A parachurch spreads the word too just not as much as a church. So if someone wants to connect further with God and go deeper into the word, the parachurch can direct them to that church that is supporting them.

If the church and parachurch are supporting each other they could disagree on situations. Separate, the parachurch, because it involves other activities and on the word sometimes people who have no home church could accept the parachurch as their church. But the parachurch is not a church it is a way to give you the word but also have other activities and meet new people.  The church by itself can in a way have to compete with the parachurch. Because people who go to a parachurch may make new friends. So it may lead some of church's people more towards the parachurch. For example a kid goes to a christian camp and makes new friends. When the kid goes back to church all they can talk about is camp and all they want to do is hang out with their new friends they made at camp instead of the people at church.

Non-Denominational and Denominational

 A Pro and Con. for a Non-Denominational camp is that there open to just about any christian denomination. This can be bad or good. Its good because the camp receives a high flow of campers coming in, but bad because you don't know what kind of campers you'll get, they may not all believe the same thing. A pro. for a denominational camp would be that they know exactly who they are letting in. A con. they are only letting in a certain kind of people or religion.

Understanding

To have an understanding of other religions or worldviews gives you the advantage. When you have this understanding you can understand where peoples views are coming from. You can also defend your view better by having an understanding of other religions or worldviews.

Statement of Faith

Its always good to have a good understanding of statements. To have an understanding of a statement of faith for your work is really important. Your work has a faith statement for reason, so you can understand what they believe and what you may be getting into. If you don't agree with a statement of faith given to you, and you don't agree with it then you may have problems signing or defending the statement. My personal statement of faith is short. God is the only God and Jesus died on the cross for us and saved us all.

Personality and Spiritual Gifts

So we took a personality test in our Launch class. I feel the out come of my test was dead on. It stated that I was and outgoing, friendly, and accepting person. I have not always been out going, I used to be a really shy kid. But that all changed when I hit high school. Other things it stated, that I believe to be true, was that I am a person who loves to have fun while I work but gets the job done. I like to learn new things by doing them not just by hearing how to do it. And that's my personality...for the most part.  

My spiritual gifts consisted of Believing, Comforting, and Encouraging. I am all of these, you cant change my mind on what I believe. I stand strong when it comes down to my relationship with God. I cant help but comfort those who need comforting. I guess I comfort others because I know what it can be like to have no one there to comfort you when you need it. Encouraging, honestly if everyone in the world stopped encouraging people, our world would fall apart. I love encouraging people to do there best and to never give up! 

My personality fits perfectly together with my spiritual gifts. I'm a caring person who loves life and God. I have huge heart who cares for everyone. That might be my down fall, I care to much for someone to fast. I could of just meet you and I would already care a whole bunch. I want people to succeed. 

First Month

The first couple of weeks it felt unreal. I felt as if  I would only be here for a little while and then I would go home. After the first couple of weeks passed I felt like I belonged. Hidden acres has now become my second home. Working here is great, its just one big family keeping a camp going. My first month here at Hidden acres was not as hard as I thought it would be, and I'm glad. I look forward to what the next nine months have in store for me.