a glimps of life

ok so i took this apologetics class last week and we focused a lot of our time on these things called targums. which basically are when you take scripture and update it and add background information to make what the bible says relivant for a certain group of people at a certain time. so i wrote one to go along with 1st Corinthians 15:58 which reads:
"“Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain" and i kind of liked it so i am going to post it. it gives you an idea of what life working with teens, in particular military teens can be like. i hope you enjoy!

To my fellow CLUB beyond leaders, those serving in Europe, on army, navy and air force bases remember whom we serve. In this military culture where orders come from the chaplains and commanders, where DODs schools have the ability to shut us out of the High School and the Middle School, and you are constantly questioned for why you are here, remember that God has placed you on your base for a reason! When you get a week where all you hear is; “no, show me that in writing”, “we can’t afford it” and “explain to me again why the fellowship hall won’t work as the Club room”. Remember that it is Christ who we serve. It is in the smiles and laughter of the students when you see them at school, sporting events, plays, the PX and commissary.
We have taken on a tough job, but one that is eternally important! As we submerge ourselves in this military culture where we find ourselves confused by the acronyms and ALL the paper work, jump through the hoops with joy! Serve the chaplains with joy and humility, we are treading on their turf, they are allowing us to do the job that needs to be done to reach the teens of the communities.
For all the moving we do along with the solider, for uprooting your family and shipping your possessions half way around the world, for owning a home in the states at the same time paying rent in Euros for a much smaller apartment in Europe, in everything be confident in Christ! He will never ask more of you than you can give. He may push you to the point where the only place you can be is on your knees, but remember he will never leave you or forsake you.
For the weeks where sleep is scarcest, where you are cold and muddy, where you have spent days physically hauling mud out of the back yard of a church and all you want to do is not pay for a hot shower and enter into a warm dry cabin, and instead you get a student who is asking the tough questions of life, rejoice in that!!! Embrace those conversations! Encourage the questions, climb over the wall that’s students throw up to avoid the tough questions they just don’t want to answer, push through. Keep on loving the hard to love kids! The ones who at best cuss you out, and at worse ignore you completely. Its for the moment when all you have been telling them clicks, you see it in their eyes as the truth of Gods love sticks, takes hold and they embrace it as their own! It no longer becomes something some adult is telling them but it truly becomes their truth and reality. It’s in moments like that that your momentary struggles are completely forgotten in the awesome reality of the Power and Love of Christ.