From Laura Jenkins
I recently looked around the room at my Albuquerque Metro Team and realized that every single one of them is regularly influencing my ministry and my family life.
My main role in ministry is to coordinate a large kids program in my neighborhood called Juntos and to mentor young leaders there. At home, my role is as a wife to my school teacher husband and mom to two toddlers. My Metro team influences me significantly in all of those roles!
There are the Collegiate staff who have led worship at Juntos in a pinch, who love our college-aged Juntos leaders and who sacrifice some of their best students (who could be leading studies on campus) as volunteers at Juntos every Monday night. Then there are the Catholic staff. They have lent us some of their young people as volunteers, too, and have been a part of almost every Juntos Family Christmas party we have had. And, of course, the Business and Professional (B&P) staff. They meet with me to help keep me organized on my funding, help with computer issues, and pray with me to determine God’s vision for the urban ministry here in Albuquerque. There is another Urban staff couple who mentored me when I first came to Albuquerque and now pray with me and offer wise counsel. Our Native American stakeholders help me understand the nuances of Navajo culture and provide some important relational connections. Another stakeholder couple in B&P (whose home many of us have also called “home” at some point in our Albuquerque journey) is gracious to baby-sit my kids at the drop of a hat. All are family to my husband and me.
And that complex web of relationships only includes the ones that I am directly involved in. It does not even begin to include the number of people from all of our ministries who are influenced by Faith@ Work lunches, the staff children being ministered to by Collegiate staff, our Catholic/Protestant partnerships, and the support of Collegiate and 20-somethings activities by B&P staff. Nor does it include the tears, laughter and prayers, the dinners, the vacations and the game nights that we share with one another – simply because we are blessed to call one another “brother” and “sister.”
Prayer Requests
- Many on our Metro team are facing health-related issues either personally or in close family members. Pray for strength, grace and wisdom.
- Almost everybody on our team is facing funding challenges. We recognize God as our Provider and fully trust Him based on His faithfulness. Pray for many more generous friends to walk alongside us.
- The harvest continues to be plentiful in our city! Pray for more laborers in the urban ministry, the Catholic ministry, on the military base and to focus specifically on 20-somethings.
To read more about the Albuquerque Metro Area – visit http://albuquerque.navigators.org
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