Jesse’s Journal
hello everyone, first off i would like to say sorry that it took so long to get a blog up and second i know the author says its Ben but don’t worry its really Me (Jesse Bromley). iv had so much fun down here in new Orleans so far and its hard to think that ill be coming home in just 3 week. boy how time flies when your having fun doing what God asks of you. So let me tell you a little about how mine and Ben’s week goes. Monday morning we have basketball practice for KIPP Renaissance High School, the team Ben coaches, after that we come home and make lunch and have our devotional time with God. the afternoon is spent doing little errands for lacy (Ben’s wife), playing with Caleb(there 10 month old son), or doing things around the house. in the evening we go to Trinity Christian Community (TCC) where Ben and i open up the court for the local guys to come and play ball.Half way threw the night Ben stops the game and we have “half time”, this is the time that Ben give a lesson about Jesus Christ and all the wonderful things he has done for us. after half time is over basketball continues until everyone is to tired to play. before everyone goes home we all have dinner at TCC, this gives me and Ben the opportunity to build stronger relationships with the guy and talk to them about the message they heard earlier in the day.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings all fallow the same rutine, practice in the morning, devotional time when we get home and doing what ever else is needed in the afternoon. in the evening we go and play basketball at different parks in the city. My goal in doing that is to build stronger relationships with the guys i have already met in hopes that i will earn there respect. Down in New Orleans its way different, its all about respect. No one cares were your from, what you wear, how much money you have and most of all what you have to say until you have a persons respect. Once you have a guys respect he is going to listen to what you have to say. This is were God comes in, if i tried to tell some guy at basketball on monday about God and how wonderful he is and he dosnt respect me, then he wont listen. Now if i build a relationship with this guy and gain his trust and respect he is going to listen to me and respect what im saying. ok sorry about the bunny trail. lol on friday ben and myself open up TCC for guys getting ready to play varsity, we do work outs and help them develop any skills that they want to. wither it be shooting, ball handleing, rebounding, or defence. when we are done we sit down and talk to them about how there week was, or see if theres anything they want to talk about and we try to be positive roll modles for them.
Wile i have been in New Orleans God has really began to work in my life. i struggle in trusting that God will provide for me, before i came down here i didnt know how i was going to pay for it and i thought that i wasnt going to be able to come down here because i didnt have the money to. i had theres thoughts for about a week and sunday rolled around and i didnt feel like going to chruch. Thank God for my mom, she came and got me up and told me i was going to chruch, i didnt want to go but i got out of bed anyway and im so glad my mom made me. the sermon was about trusting God to provide for you and that you need to stop worring about things so much because God has taken care of me my whole life and hes not going to stop now. i felt as if the message was for me and only me, i left church with a new attitude and i new God would provide. later that day my mother gave me the idea of telling all of my relatives about my mission trip(is amazing how smart my mom is) so i gave them all a call and told them about it. Every one of my relatives were so help with in blessing me with funds and there prayers. Again i want to thank everyone who blessed me with a finatual gift and there prayers, i wouldnt be down here if it wasnt for you all so thanks again. Isnt it amazing how God works, you ask and he provides 
Wile i have been down here i was struggled with a few things, first off im trying to figure out what God wants me to do with my life. I feel he is calling me to move down to New Orleans and combined Ben ministry (pressing on) with a class called Life Skills. Im not 100% sure if that’s what he really wants me to do or not and its frustrating because im the type of person who wants to know what my purpose is in life. Please pray that God will show me his plan for me and i will have an open heart and listening ears. The next thing i struggle with is patience, its hard for me to try and sit back and really listen to what God is saying, im always thinking why cant i know now??? why wont he tell me what im supposed to to??? i don’t like to wait around and listen for God, i just wish he would tell me what he wants me to do so i can get on with it. But God always does things on his time so i just need to be patience and trust him to show me. Thats all i have for right now. more to fallow soon.
God Bless.
Why did I come, and what do I hope to leave?
Hi my name is Jesse Bromley, and the reason I came to New Orleans was because my best friend Jeff Burd was going to. Unfortunately he passed away earlier this year and I felt that it was my duty to see this get done for him. Little did I know that this was God’s plan from the beginning. I’m still upset that Jeff passed away but God used that to really open my eyes and show me that I wasn’t living for him. It’s amazing how God can use death to inspire new life in someone.
While I have been down here I feel God has been trying to teach me to trust him and to be patient. Both of these I feel go hand in hand. I’m learning to trust God more by not worrying about how I’m going to pay my bills when I get home, what job I should take, and most of all, what He wants me to do with my life. I need to be patient and trust he will show me. I struggle with the last concept the most. It’s hard for me to wait on God for Him to answer my questions because I want to know right now. I want to trust God whole heartedly and to truly do that I need to be patient.
The legacy that I want to leave behind is to teach people that no matter what you look like and no matter what your past was that God can still use you to do his work. His love can overcome any sin, and he loves everyone no matter what you have done or where you are in your life. Lastly I want to be a positive role model for young men to look up to. I want to be someone that they look up to and respect not because I have money and the latest clothes, but because of how I treat other people, how I lead by example and how I try to live for God every day.
