Pre-Trip Posting

May 21, 2011
I am scheduled to leave tomorrow afternoon at 2pm for my summer at Camp Agape, which is in the Chattanooga area.  There is a lot to be done before I leave!  Tomorrow Kirby Woods Baptist Church is commissioning me in the 9:30 worship service.  It is a blessing to serve in a church that is so missionally minded!  I do not know yet all of my duties and responsiblilites during this summer, but I do know somethings.  I am going to be a group leader at Camp Agape which is a missions camp.  We will be teaching and assisting youth groups in participating and learning to lead a lifestyle driven by the desire to accept the challenge to minister to individuals placed in their path.  We will be involved in the river community, a resort ministry, the more general community, and some of the more nature oriented sites visited by the locals.  I know that this summer I am stepping out of my comfort zone and I am doing what I know God has called me to do for the summer.  It is a scary place for me to be right now because I am leaving my friends, family, job, and other things that make me comfortable.  I am nervous because of the unknowns, not because I don't trust God.  I fully trust I am in His will and even before leaving Memphis He has comfirmed this in my life.  I like to be in control.  For the first time in my life I have surrendered myself and have allowed God to work in my life without myself getting in the way.  I would appreciate y'alls prayers that through this summer I would be dedicated to time spent studying and desiring to be submerged in the Bible.  This is the infallible word of God.  Pray that I will be submissive to God's voice and that I will lead the life He is calling me to.
Because of Christ,
Brian Knack