Christian Internship – Trust Fall

By CBM National intern, Cati Watts -  How much of your life do you trust God with? 50%? 95%? Some people might say they trust Him with everything, but is that really true? Imagine, if you will, that you gave your closest friend control of all your earthly possessions—car, clothes, computer, and money. You tell your friend that he can do anything he wants with it. Or how about letting them decide which college you should go to or which friends you should hang out with. Could you do it? Would there be some things that you would hold back? Decisions you think you ...

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CBM Intern – Be the Rubber Band!

By CBM National intern, Cati Watts -  Flexibility is an important quality to have in your life, even more so if you are in ministry at all. When I think of flexibility I always think of a rubber band and how a good one can stretch really far without breaking. Webster’s dictionary definition describes flexibility as being “characterized by a ready capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements.” In the past I have considered myself a flexible person but the last couple of months have shown me that it is not as easy as I thought to be flexible. ...

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CBM Interns – The New and the Uncomfortable

By CBM National intern, Cati Watts - What is it that scares us so much about change? Things change all the time and at some point in everyone’s life they are in a new situation. I do not like being in that position. I have just been placed in a new situation on my first rotation with the CBM National Internship at Ponderosa Bible Camp. Within the first couple of days I realized I was feeling quite uncomfortable and awkward, so I began to search for the root reasons why. Fear: Although the missionaries were new to me, they were super friendly and nice ...

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CBM Intern – A Servant’s Heart

By CBM National intern,  Cati Watts - Coming into CBM’s National Internship, I knew I would learn a lot but I had no idea how much. One of the first things I learned is that in ministry you do a lot of cleaning. As a National Intern, I am learning to clean just about everything! Dishes, toilets, floors, office spaces, baseboards; you name it, I have cleaned it! I never realized how important even just getting a table wiped off can be to the ministry. When I was growing up and would complain about cleaning, my mom would often quote Colossians 3:23-24, which says, ...

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