Band of Survivors Team Update 22

Today was a really good day. We got to sleep in and had a wonderful pancake breakfast. In the morning we had a pray the Bible and worship session where we woke up and prayed, worshipped, and read the Bible together. I love these times of corporate worship because we can really feel and sense the Holy Spirit moving and working in our midst and have a good time singing and praying together. We prayed psalms of thanksgiving and worship and thanked God for what he had been doing in and through us.

After that, we went out and played Whirly Ball. Whirly Ball is a game where everyone is in a bumper car and has a racket in their hand. The point is to pick up the ball in your racket and throw it into a net that is on a backboard, like a basketball hoop. It was a lot of fun because we got to play and joke around with each other, cheer each other on, eat, and hit each other with bumper cars.

In the evening we had a Salvationism class where we learned all about the Army’s social outreach work in the 1890’s and what the Army did in the Tokyo red light district in Japan. We were all encouraged to hear that the Salvationists marched out into the red light district and fought for the rights of the oppressed, even though it meant they were going to face bodily harm.

God has been so good to us, he has been teaching us a lot, and we have been noticing and learning that we can do nothing on our own power, but we need his strength, compassion and love.

Justin Rose