The Adventure

Being in my mission area in Edmonton is a lot different from Toronto. In Toronto the life is so busy that  and you’re in a place where there is so much noise and distraction and I guess in my 10 or so years in community it’s a place that I have gotten used to and became comfortable with.

Here in the mountain region it’s very different. Its a lot more peaceful and there’s nature everywhere giving me a lot more time to reflect on life. In a way I think I’ve been able to reflect more on the journey that got me to where I am. It allowed me to have a wonderful realization.

It’s really a blessing that God allowed me this journey for I am sure that I’m not worthy to tread it. I remember when a long time ago I used to be new in CFC-Youth/YFC. I was so passionate about mission, even though back then mission would be going to Brampton and Milton would be where the world ended (These are cities beside Mississauga where I lived). It was exciting and I loved the mission and the God of the mission so much.

Of course times have changed. I’m older, I’ve seen more things, been to more places, collected more battle scars, and I know more about my faith than I ever have before; all these things are great but I can honestly say that the mission might not be as exciting as in my early days in YFC. I kind of miss those days of not knowing anything and just doing it all for God no matter how much I was lacking in knowledge and strategy. Maybe I wasn’t as effective but those were one of the happiest times.

The funny thing is I’m glad this is where I am at this point. The honeymoon phase of the mission might have ended for me but there has never been a stronger call from God to the mission He has entrusted to us. God’s joke is that I can actually still re-live all of those early days in YFC in the very youth I’m having  one on one’s with right now.

A lot of them might have problems, heart breaks, angst, and confusions in life and that in a way makes them ineffective; but that’s okay it’s not like I didn’t have those things. What I do see is potential and an excitement for the mission that even surpassed mine in my early days in community. I can see in them a Love for God that has just realized itself like a flower blooming in spring.

I’m blessed to journey with the youth because I get to mature in faith yet re-live the excitement of something new.

God is truly the best joker because after 10 years of serving him I only now realize that this adventure of YFC isn’t about figuring everything out but falling in Love with God over and over again.