Hello everyone,
An update or a run down, depending on what you know. My name is Garrett Roberts. I graduated from Sam Houston State University in May of 2009 and quickly found out that the Father had other plans for my life than I did when I was unable to get a job in several different job markets. On December 30, 2009 I moved to Houston, Tx to serve in the missions department at First Baptist until I figured out where the Father was leading me. While serving there I received an email from an organization I had previously served with in Galveston after hurricane Ike, doing disaster relief, asking me to make a trip to Kentucky to check out their current project and the possibility of being a long-term missionary.
Currently:
I have been in Kentucky since Feb. 2nd and so far I am really enjoying it. Where we are staying is in the hills and is far away from highways, traffic and cell phone service (and at times internet... oh well, haha). I am working with an organization called God's Kitchen Inc. and they are a non-profit, believer based disaster relief organization born in the wake of hurricane Katrina. Their current project is an abandoned high school campus that they hope to turn into their headquarters, disaster training center, distribution center and God willing, an orphanage/school for Haitian children. When work starts I will have a chance to utilize my skills and training in construction and the remodeling of the school house and grounds and (if I feel the father leading me to longterm ministry here) eventually have a chance to work with and care for the orphaned children from Haiti (that some are calling the leftovers). At the moment we are praying for the liability insurance to come in and go into effect because until this process is completed no one (longterm volunteers or short-term volunteer teams) can work on the campus and prepare it for the arrival of what the Father has planned. While not being able to work on the school I have been able to work on smaller projects such as cleaning out and hosing down the mobile kitchen and related equipment that just returned from Greensburg, Kansas after serving meals to disaster relief and FEMA volunteers for 8 months and I have also been able to spend a lot of time talking with and learning from current long term members of God's Kitchen.
I guess that is all for tonight... This is my first attempt at a blog and I hope as time goes on I will be able to keep you updated with what is going on, how I see the Father moving and prayer requests.
In His Grace,
Garrett
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