To those
who are interested in knowing more about what goes into a day at Waypoint. The
men are up by six thirty getting ready, eating breakfast, daily chores, quiet
time and off to class by eight am. The staff & teachers start their work
day at seven am with a meeting, prayer & a daily report of how things are
going with the men in the program. At eight am the men are divided into classes
depending on how long they have been at Waypoint. The classes consist of
Orientation, Regeneration, Inner Healing & Discipleship. This is where most
of the material is discussed, taught & backed up with Biblical references.
However, the classroom is not where all the learning takes place. When the men
head to their designated work sites, that is where the application of the
classroom lessons begin. The teachers cover a lot of truth during a typical
class period and to absorb that information we allow the guys an opportunity to
apply it. On the work site a man is given directions, responsibility, a task,
maybe three and a chance to make some of his own choices. The work site is not
just a place to make the men raise support for this ministry. It is a learning
tool to help the man practice and work through what he has been learning from
his teacher. If the environment at Waypoint was strictly a classroom setting
then there would be less opportunities for the men to apply what they are
learning and less opportunity mess up. Being in a residential program with a
daily routine naturally provides opportunities for the men to make mistakes.
However, when a man stumbles or has to work through a negative attitude, he is
in a safe, Christ centered environment that shows him not only grace but how to
fail and still feel and know that he is accepted. Our staff prays that Waypoint
is a safe and healthy facility that builds men up to be sober physically and
mentally, clean from drugs and a clean mind, and makes them into godly
disciples of Jesus Christ. That is why our last class in the program before the
transition phase is Discipleship. We are not here just to clean a man up on the
outside but all the way down to the core of his being. Isn't that what Jesus
wants to do with all of us. Not just with those struggling with drugs, but with
all His people. Colossians 4:9 says it the best..."The things you have
learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things and the
God of peace will be with you."
After a
day of class and a full day of work the men then have the evening to
fellowship, play basketball, maybe some fuse-ball, have prayer groups, Bible
studies and most of the time homework from their class. Their day is full of
reminders that they are in a program. A place where they still need help and
healing. It is not easy to be here...it is not easy to ask for help. Please be
in prayer for these men. Ask the LORD to heal them, mold them & show them
that each of them are uniquely made with a purpose. Pray that when each of the
men leave they have turned their focus from themselves to God and to others.
Pray for
these men to become disciple makers.
Thank you,
Tara & Joel
