Today was a work day, and work we did. On non-performance days we catch up on all the housekeeping chores on the Passion Play grounds, things which can only be done when there are no visitors to the Holy Land Tour, the Bible Museum, the Sacred Arts Gallery, or the Passion Play. We fix broken machinery, do groundskeeping chores, repair damaged structures, take advantage of a day without rain and visit with people who wander onto the grounds thinking they can see the play or visit the other attractions, when this is a non-play day, so we drop what we're doing and visit with them, take them on a mini-tour, tell them what they would see if they had been here yesterday or stay until tomorrow, and hope they will come back in the next three days or later in the season to have the "total experience". Whether we work or Play, the ministering goes on. People are hungry for conversation, someone who will take time from what they are doing to meet their present need.
Those of us who are working or volunteering here are really in full-time ministry, whether it be TGPP, Campers on Mission, Team Effort, Gospel Station Network, Ministry of Miles or a host of other affiliations. We are preachers and doers of The Word, In God's service, and seeking to spread The Good News through our words and our actions. Sometimes it's harder work than the physical chores we undertake, or the dramatic efforts of the cast and crew of the Play, but in all our efforts we seek to be Jesus to the believer, the non-believer and the unbeliever and also realize that they may be ministering to us as much as we are ministering to them. We've heard some amazing testimonies and been witness to some miracles only God could have orchestrated.
It feels good to be where we are. It feels good to be able to meet Vietnam (and other) veterans who visit TGPP, to work with some of them here, to share our experiences and help each other through some of the physical and emotional issues which still affect and plague us all these years later. Thank You, Lord for calling us to this time and place, for the peace we have and the grace You heap on us every moment of every day. Our life has been transformed. Tomorrow we Play.
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