{"id":883,"date":"2008-12-13T07:10:31","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T12:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=883"},"modified":"2008-12-11T14:53:19","modified_gmt":"2008-12-11T19:53:19","slug":"be-a-part-of-the-michigan-team-and-stay-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/be-a-part-of-the-michigan-team-and-stay-at-home.html","title":{"rendered":"Be a part of the Michigan team (and stay at home)!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;ll be heading to the Mexico City airport to help pick up the team from Troy, Michigan. &nbsp;The team is going to be involved in a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/guide-to-december-activities.html\">Christmas activities<\/a> here over the next 9 days (they fly out on the 22nd).<\/p>\n<p>Now, obviously we would love to have some of you come down and join them &#8211; but I know some of you would love to be a part of the team through prayer!<\/p>\n<p>But &#8230; what can I pray?<\/p>\n<p>I pulled out some ideas from the seminar I teach on <i>Maximizing Your Short Term Mission Trip<\/i>. &nbsp;Here are some things you can pray today &#8211; or each day &#8211; that the team is here!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Pray that they will have faith:<\/b> &nbsp;That God will provide what they need, that God has a purpose in their visit, that God&#8217;s Word is worth sharing and is life-changing, that God <i>can<\/i> and <i>will<\/i> use them for His glory.<\/li>\n<li><b>Pray that they will be open:<\/b> &nbsp;Open to new ideas, open to other points of view, open to learning, and allowing God to change them.<\/li>\n<li><b>Pray for health and energy:<\/b> &nbsp;That each person would know how to pace her\/himself, that they would stay healthy and have the energy to serve.<\/li>\n<li><b>Pray that each person would have the courage to be a servant and an encourager:<\/b>&nbsp; to each other, to each person they come in contact with.<\/li>\n<li><b>Pray that each person would have wisdom in the midst of conflict:<\/b> &nbsp;That they would deal with any conflict in a godly way, and that peace and unity would be strengthened.<\/li>\n<li><b>That they would get to know people:<\/b> &nbsp;Missionaries,  people they stay with, people they meet, etc, etc.<\/li>\n<li><b>Communication 1:<\/b> &nbsp;That we would all communicate clearly with one another &#8211; team members with team members, with the Frys and us, with the leadership of the church, with all the believers who are involved in the ministry the next few days.<\/li>\n<li><b>Communication 2:<\/b> &nbsp;That all of us would be able to share God&#8217;s Word clearly, through what we say and what we do.<\/li>\n<li><b>Communication 3:<\/b> &nbsp;That the team together and each person individually would keep open communication with the Lord each day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;ll be heading to the Mexico City airport to help pick up the team from Troy, Michigan. &nbsp;The team is going to be involved in a lot of Christmas activities here over the next 9 days (they fly out on the 22nd). 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