A New Adventure

As Tara and I have come back to get ready for the semester to begin, the new adventure of being the campus director is starting to set in. With large group meetings to plan, leadership training to think about, Bible studies to plan, and many other details to coordinate; the feeling can be a bit overwhelming.

I was reading in Isaiah and thinking about this new adventure and responsibility that we are stepping into and felt peace that our Lord would not leave us. God will be right there, in fact, He has already gone before us and behind us to make the way for us.
Isaiah 52:12 says,

"But you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the Lord will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear guard."

How awesome is that?!
Tara was telling me that she similarly was reading in Isaiah 41 and felt a peace about this new challenge and adventure.
Isaiah 41:10 says,

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

Tara and I are excited to step into this new role and adventure. We ask that you would continue to pray for us, for strength and continual renewal by the Holy Spirit.

Tim and Tara Chamberlain
-For the sake of the Gospel

I am fool according to the world

Recently Tara and I have experienced spiritual attacks about what we do.
It's frustrating when people that say they are Christians don't understand why we are working with The Navigators. They question why we fundraise and our work schedule; because it's not like the rest of the world.

Tara and I are confident that we have been called by God to work with college students in Whitewater. Though it still can be discouraging when people close to us don't understand and they may never understand. God never promised that following Him would not be easy.

This morning God answered in a big way. Tara was spending time in 1 Corinthians and read chapter 4. Below are verses 8-13.

"Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have become kings—and that without us! How I wish that you really had become kings so that we might be kings with you! 9For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like men condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to men. 10We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! 11To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. 12We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; 13when we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world."

In 1 Corinthians 1:26-27 Paul says:

"For consider your calling brothers: not many of you were wise according to wordly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise"

Thinking about how God has used us this past semester blows my mind. Peter coming to Christ was by far the greatest memory of the semester and there is no price tag that you can put on that. So it is hard to have people question what we are doing. But I would rather do what God has called me to do and look like a fool in the worlds eyes than going with the crowd and missing these amazing opportunities of bringing someone into God's Kingdom!

Tim and Tara Chamberlain
-For the sake of the Gospel