Conversations organised by God

Hi all,

I've just returned from a great Easter weekend away at Belgrave Heights Convention where I was serving on the youth team with the OAC Ministries (www.oac.org.au). We had a great time sharing with the teenagers around the theme of "A better place" - looking forward to heaven and thinking about the kingdom of God now.

Anyway, after one of the evening sessions I was catching up with a couple of friends and waiting to speak to a missionary from Interserve when I was introduced to a guy called Flinder who is involved with Christian Union at Deakin. We were chatting, talking about the things we were involved in and he was telling me about his interest in teaching in the Catholic school system. When he heard that I was looking towards going to Mexico next year he asked me how much I knew about the Catholic Church. I said that I knew a few basic things about the Catholic church but hadn't got into it in a lot of depth. So we sat down and he shared with me a whole stack of really cool background and information about the Catholic church, where it's been, where it's at and how we can relate to people involved with the Catholic church. After chatting for ages, we prayed together and went on our way.

I was really encouraged by Flinder and his openness to have a great chat and share some of the things he is really passionate about. I was really excited that God gave me the opportunity to learn a bit more about the environment in which I'll be serving (Mexico is 89% nominally Roman Catholic - CIA World Factbook). I would really like to learn more about the Catholic church and get a really good grip on its background.

Back to work tomorrow, so better go!

PJ