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Testimony By Leah Goolsby
Mission In a Mission In a Mission:
None Impossible With God
One of the most delightful parts of participating in any mission trip is watching God move on so many different levels, and our trip to the largest city in sparsely populated Montana was no exception. The mixture of Destin adults and the youth of this neighborhood in Billings, Montana, was a combination only God could have turned into such a wonderful uplift for all of our spirits.
The primary mission for our 14-member team was throwing a huge, three day block party on their small church campus complete with jumpy-castles, balloon animals, ministry from the Word, basketballs, ring toss, bean bag toss, musical concerts, face painting, personal testimonies, snow cones, cotton candy, popcorn, hotdog suppers and lots of prizes. As we worked to prepare and set up this bash, we got to know more about the talents and personalities of our group. Some of us learned how to turn balloons into dogs and swords and parrots while others were learning how huge pieces of plywood can turn into a circle of fun and games. However, the real delight was building relationships with brothers and sisters.
A second mission was carried out as we interacted with the people in their community. We began by spreading out and talking to the people, leaving invitations for the party and praying for the people in the homes as we passed. These invitations, as well as our colorful games and jamming music brought streams of people through the gates where they had the chance to have fun and listen as we witnessed about what Jesus meant to us and what He could mean to them. What a magnificent blessing was in store for us as we had the chance to meet such sweet souls as Nicole, John, Lucinda, Tony and so many more.
There was a third spectacular one-day mission where eight people from our team spent 20 hours witnessing some of God’s creative abilities in Yellowstone National Park from the windows of a seven passenger van. Close quarters provide an excellent opportunity to meld individuals into a family as we uncovered secrets of things like who could “speak whale” and who could tell the tiny spots on the hillside were really large herds of buffalo.
And yet another mission for this Montana fellowship was done through sweat, elbow grease and the financial blessing the Village members had provided. Old paneling came down and new paneling went up, old carpet was ripped up and new carpet put down, floors were scrubbed, ovens were scoured, shelves were organized, ceilings were painted, walls were mudded, window air conditioners were installed, white boards were put up, copiers were purchased and dorm rooms were painted. Twenty-eight hands can accomplish a great deal in one day when everyone is working together.
If the bonding between all these precious people could have been visible as threads we would have seen a solid, beautiful fabric. For this one week, our team of willing-to-go Christians came in as varied and vibrant bold cords onto which the colorful, sometimes delicate but always special strands of the people from Montana were woven.
Don’t let the opportunity for God to use you on His missions pass you by. He makes it possible.
-Leah Goolsby
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