Hello to all! My name is Bobby Moren and I am a Cabrini Graduate from the Class of 2008! I was a Religious Studies Major and was a founding member of the Cabrini Baseball Club. I also was very involved in the Campus Ministry program found in the Wolfington Center and was on the first Cabrini trip to go to Duran, Ecuador!
I am here writing on this blog to share with you how my life as a Cabrini graduate is going to be taking one of the biggest turns of my entire life! The journey that I and 120 other young Catholic men and women will endure will be starting on August 19, 2010. We will be full time volunteers with an Organization known as NET Ministries (National Evangelization Teams). NET is based out of St. Paul, Minnesota and is committed to being a witness of God's love and mercy to the youth of our country! On my journey around the country in my team of 12 members, we will be Challenging young Catholics to love and embrace the life of the Church!
Now this first blog is to simply tell you how waiting for the mission to start has been! Well, I was asked to raise money to help pay for some necessities and my monthly stipend of 100 dollars a month! We were asked to raise $4,000 but with much prayer and hard work, the Lord has blessed me in raising about $5,000 for my 9 month trip! As for the spiritual part of my waiting; it has been brutal on some days and on other days, I have been able to really see God in certain things. From about the time I accepted this volunteer position, I have been tempted many times over; and yet, through my failures and my trials, I have always been able to keep God close in my prayers and in my heart, which has led me to where I am today writing this blog!
Before I really figured out how close I was to leaving, I thought, "I can do this by myself! It is only 6 months away and that is really not that far away!" Well, I was wrong and the beginning was tough, Fundraising was tough, praying was tough! And then one day I looked and saw that wow, 3 months has passed and my fundraising was completed! My prayers had changed from "Lord please help me" to "Thank you Lord for this awesome blessing!" Life was less tough, things began to work out for me in all aspects of life! Now today I am leaving in a few short weeks, I have made many friends with my NET brothers and sisters, and even here at home the Lord has blessed me with caring friends, family, girlfriend and a very supportive group in my youth group teens that I have been ministering to over the past couple years!
So what is it like to be a NETter waiting? The example that comes to mind is of a fisherman! Before a fisherman goes out on the boat, he checks everything, and then, he checks it again, and then, he checks it one more time! A fisherman makes sure his nets are secure, his boat is safe, his fellow crew members are up to the task! Life before experiencing NET is one of mixed emotions of leaving my home, family, friends, and my life for 9 months! But it is also an excitement that is overwhelming to even express into words! I am giving 9 months of my life to ONLY God, by running Catholic Retreats in order to be a witness of God's Love and Mercy! I am going to be an example to thousands of teens around America of what God has called us to be in this world! So waiting has been up and down, but it has been an experience that I would never give away because it is also one of the greatest feelings I have ever felt. I will end by saying, I have made it through the preparation stages of the trip! I am ready to get on that boat and go fish with my NET!
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