Author Archives: Joe Zagursky

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Teetering on the brink

By | January 22, 2013

Over the past few months my relationship with the Lord has been a big struggle. I had been feeling very frustrated because I had not been getting any sign of Him being present in my life. Prayer was dead and I had nothing fueling me with the joy I had when I was coaching football at Holy Spirit Preparatory School earlier in the year. So I had this idea creeping into my mind a lot of just packing my bags, going home and not finishing out the rest of this year that I had committed to Life Teen Missions.

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My Way or the Lord’s Way?

By | May 10, 2012

I wish the Lord would just come out and blatantly shout out to me what it is that He wants me to do. I’m sure I’m not the only one that would really appreciate something like that. Coming into this mission year here at Covecrest, I was thinking that it was going to be a one-year commitment for sure, but I wouldn’t totally shut the Lord out if He had other plans for me. Sure enough, you give Him a little space to work with and He will start constructing something the size of the Empire State

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Why So Quiet?

By | February 28, 2012

At the beginning of January, all of the first year missionaries went on an eight-day silent retreat. This retreat was very challenging for me, but God moved in ways that I would’ve never expected Him to. I realized how much humor God and I have in our relationship, whether it was through contemplations on scriptures or playing catch by myself out at the wiffle ball field. He hit me upside the head with a baseball bat – not literally, but He made me realize how I had been shying away from all the

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Are You My Father?

By | October 28, 2011

  Over the past month I have been blessed with the opportunity to witness a lot of amazing things.  I have seen transformation in the hearts of the teenagers and adults that have come to Covecrest for retreat.  I have shared in local outreach which includes starting up a youth group at our local parish, St. Helena, and developing an existing youth ministry at a parish called St. Mark in Clarkesville.  One of the most amazing gifts I have experienced so far is the joy I receive when hanging out

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