Jacob's Well

It's been too long since I shared with y'all. (I've been around a lot of Texans lately). Since I stepped into the GM position at Genesis, most days have been long and hectic. Lots of good stuff going on but lots of hard stuff as well. I find that by the end of the day or the weekend there is not physical or emotional energy to sit down and record my thoughts and experiences. Then yesterday I got an email from Missy. She had had a rough day at work and had come to Slender Wires hoping there might be a word of encouragement or wisdom. She was disappointed because it had been over a month since I had posted. She emailed me saying she understood the reason and knew I was struggling to find the time. She just wanted me to know that she noticed.

Missy's email was such an encouragement to me. Someone noticed and more amazingly missed hearing about my faith journey. I realized anew that God wants us to share our journeys with each other. In fact an important part of our journey is sharing it with others. I've recommitted to be faithful in this. Thanks Missy.

Anyway, part of what I have been busy with has been with mission teams visiting Genesis. The Texans I mentioned are from Lake Pointe Church in Dallas Texas. Recently 2 teams from Lake Pointe, an adult and a youth team totaling about 35 people each spent about 10 days here. They had a great ministry working in several of Genesis' programs. One member of Lake Pointe Church who came on previous mission teams the last 2 years is Ami Cheek. As a result of those visits Ami decided to commit a year of her life to come and work full time with Genesis. Ami arrived in April and was excited to have the Lake Pointe teams arrive this year, not least because her sister was a member of the team.


One of the exciting things that happened during the Lake Pointe visit was the drilling of a bore hole well at Genesis' Khula project in a poor rural community. Please go to Ami's blog "Faith Into Action" http://faithintoaction.blogspot.com/ to read the story of Jacob's Well. I think it will encourage you as it has us. God is good!

Jacob at God's Well

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