Well, its the last night “officially” at COP although a few of us will be here tomorrow night as well, the program ends after dinner on Friday.  With that said, I am excited to be going home after what will be twelve days away.  At the same time I am bummed that I will be leaving this new community that was formed of people who may have different ages, genders or backgrounds but share the same passion…sharing Jesus with the world.  That is what I am going to miss the most about COP…the people!

Before it finishes though, I have a few more projects to get done so I better make this post one of the “shorter” ones in my list.  I do have one story to share before I go however…one that I still can’t believe happened and will encourage me for weeks to come.  For the latter part of this week we have been learning and practicing various methods and stratagies that have been effective in partnership development.  One of those methods was sharing our story and expressing our partnership needs with someone in a one on one situation.  To help practice this skill, outsiders were brought in to give us their listening ears.  It was at that time that I met Duane and we both shared what God was doing in our lives.  As I went through my story and came to the part where I asked him if he was interested in partnering with me, he said YES and proceeded to give me a financial gift to help with my outgoing expenses.  I never met him before and now Duane is a prayer partner and has given to the ministry.  I think that’s pretty cool and almost did not know what to say.  God is awesome and He moves in ways we sometimes don’t understand.  We just need to overflow Jesus and hold on tight for what comes next.  To God be the glory!