I haven't had much time to blog during the holidays due to spending time with family and preparing for the big Orlando trip. Kari and I are participating in the Candidate Orientation Program with PIONEERS. Hopefully I will be reporting back all week about our experience... this is just one more part of the ADVENTURE! ... [Continue Reading]
A great start
We just finished lunch with a group of other candidates here at PIONEERS for the orientation program, and we had breakfast with a missionary from Poland. It is so much fun hearing the stories of various people who are either on the mission field or moving to the mission field. Though every story is unique, each one includes a step of faith in response to a ... [Continue Reading]
The risk of ADVENTURE
I remember in college I used to think a lot about how Jesus said that the call of following Him meant persecution. Last week I mentioned a book called The Heavenly Man in a post about hope. The book is the autobiography of a man named Brother Yun - a Chinese Christian who faces intense persecution. It's possible that this idea of suffering is on my ... [Continue Reading]
ADVENTURE Update: Heading to Orlando
Kari and I were invited yesterday to head to Orlando in January for the Candidate Orientation Program with PIONEERS. Please pray for us as we go through the interview process. We are really excited about the potential of working with them as our sending agency. If all goes well, they will invite us to join their organization when we're there in ... [Continue Reading]
Vision
I just watched a video on vision for my Master of Ministry program with Anderson University. One of the things the speaker said that really made me think was about how his vision was shaped for the church he leads. He suggested that the shaping of the vision came from experiences and pictures. The experience component was made up of looking at ... [Continue Reading]
Crossing the Jordan
As I read stories from Scripture, I am reminded of the fact that every unbelievable act of faith is accompanied by an unbelievably impossible task. Each time the task seems impossible, God steps into the situation and does what no one could have possibly expected. The moment that sticks out most in my mind is the journey into the Promised Land that was ... [Continue Reading]
ADVENTURE Update
It has been a while since I posted an update of where we are in the process of getting to Brazil. On Thursday, November 12, the Board of Elders at LifePoint decided that Kari and I really need to find a sending agency rather than the church attempting to do something that it's not set up to do. So last Friday we began the process of finding an ... [Continue Reading]
God ‘ s invitation of ADVENTURE
Last Sunday Pastor Jym gave me the opportunity to preach during the adult services at LifePoint. I decided to teach a message on the passage of Scripture that the Lord used to call me to the ADVENTURE in Brazil and to share my testimony in the process. If you would like to listen to it, you can listen online by clicking here. ... [Continue Reading]
Living Streams Community Church Missions Conference
Kari and I had an opportunity to go to Living Streams Community Church last night to share at their Missions Conference. We had a really great time and were blessed by the warmth of the congregation and Pastor Greg. One of the highlights was getting to see a friend from my Taylor days as well as kids I've gotten to know over the years through Middle ... [Continue Reading]
ADVENTURE Update
I had a really great meeting this morning with Pastor Chuck Coleman from Community Church of Columbus. CCC is a sister church of ours, and Kari and I will be meeting with their Missions Planning Group on the first Tuesday of December to share about our ADVENTURE in Brazil. Please pray for that meeting as the church determines if they can support ... [Continue Reading]
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