Travelling Team

Students here on campus are all required to be involved in 3 hours of ministry a week. There are many ways they can be involved. Teaching Sunday School, working with the kids club on campus and with DYA, Outreach to the other college students on Island, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Music Ministry at churches, etc.... really they can be as creative as they want in finding ministry opportunities. However this year there is a new group called the "Travelling Team" - This is a group of students that go from church to church on Guam being ambassadors for the school. They put together a program which includes songs, testimonies and "devotional thoughts".

This week I got to drive the travelling team to their ministry which I have done in the past but this week I stayed for the service. This week it was at a Chuukese church so I did not understand most of what was presented although they did do some songs in English. I was so proud of our students - they did such a wonderful job.

After the service, the custom in the Chuukese church is to give "blessings" small gifts or tokens of thanks including Laundry soap, other kinds of soap, ramen noodles (which by the way are REALLY popular).

Then then this church prepared a huge feast for us. Ned and I went first because the Chuukese have a high respect for their elders..... This is a great except for the fact I am still learning what half the food is and if the students don't go before me I have no one to ask what is what. Also I am still getting used to them pointing out that I am the "Oldest one" so I go first or do this or that. Being the baby of my family....including my extended family - I am certainly not used to that role.