TWO YEARS AGO I (CHARLES AVIRETT) WENT ON A MENS RETREAT CALLED ADVENTURES OF THE HEART. MY WORLD WAS ROCKED AS I HEARD FOR THE FIRST TIME OF THIS GOD WHO WANTED TO WALK LIFE WITH ME AND WANTED TO LIVE THE ADVENTURE WITH ME. YOU SEE, GROWING UP I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT GOD WAS UP THERE^ AND I WAS DOWN HERE ON EARTH AND HE WAS THERE IF WE NEEDED HELP OR WANTED SOMETHING, BUT NOT JUST TO BE THERE THROUGH IT ALL, GOOD OR BAD. SO, THIS NEW IDEA CHANGED THE WHOLE WAY I VIEWED LIFE.
SINCE THEN, GOD HAS BEEN CHANGING MY LIFE AND REALLY JUST GETTING ME UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY I HAD BEEN LIVING. I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING A VOLUNTEER LEADER WITH YOUNGLIFE FOR SOME TIME NOW AND HAD PLANNED, UPON GRADUATING COLLEGE, TO GO ON STAFF WITH YOUNGLIFE. WELL, WHAT I THOUGHT AND WHAT GOD HAS FOR ME ARENT ALWAYS THE SAME IDEA. YOU SEE, GOD HAD A DIFFERENT PLAN FOR ME.
GODS PLAN FOR ME WAS TO LEAD A WILDERNESS MINISTRY FOR MEN. WHICH IS AWESOME BECAUSE MY WHOLE LIFE I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ENTHRALLED WITH THE OUTDOORS, HIKING, WHITEWATER RAFTING, MOUNTAINEERING, CLIMBING, AND KAYAKING. PRETTY MUCH AS LONG AS IT WAS OUTSIDE I WANTED TO DO IT.
SO RIGHT NOW IM JUST SEEING HOW FAR THE RABIT HOLE GOES, AND REALLY JUST RUNNING HARD AFTER GODS CALLING FOR MY LIFE. I HAVE AN INTERNSHIP IN WYOMING THIS SUMMER WITH SOLID ROCK OUTDOOR MINISTRIES AND I AM EXCITED. SO I BEG YOU TO JUST PRAY FOR CLARITY IN CALLING AND BOLDNESS TO FOLLOW.
FOR THE FREEDOM OF OUR HEARTS AND THE RENEWAL OF OUR MINDS,
CHACHI.
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