(bringing the group up to speed)

Now let us begin. The world outside BethEl is hardly what you remember. It is a pitiful shadow of the beauty that once was humanity. Since the day of the fall, humans have been on a slow descent. Instead of establishing Heaven on earth, they have manifested Hell. The world that remains is unrecognizable. 

This dilapidated church will be your base camp. Do not be dismayed by its state. For as you know, the Lord no longer dwells amidst temples and tabernacles. Now he dwells in the hearts of men. 

(encouraging)

Yahweh chose you. Have you forgotten that Yahweh chooses the unexpected, unseen, unlikely, and dare I say, the unqualified?