In just a few days from today, I will begin a season of travel. The first stop on my travels is viewed in the picture on the left and the other stop this time is below on the right. Over the next 9 months, I will be traveling every month but one. It seems like God is opening lots of doors. Please pray for me, my family, the people I will be meeting with and of course that God gets the Glory.
As I told you in the first paragraph, I will be traveling every month but one over the next 9 months. As you can guess these trips or excursions are tough. They are tough on many levels, from physical and emotional to financial. Please pray.
I will try on this trip to use the blog more to let you know what is going on, where I am and how God is working.
WHAT IS HAPPENING???
God has really been taking care of us this year. He has had to take care of us because if you look at things that have happened, it can only be God who has brought us through everything. In our lives, good and bad; we need to always look at the hands of God in our lives. And for us we can see God's hands throughout our lives. Here are some of the ways we have seen the hands of God:
1. I had a health scare with my blood pressure spiking to dangerous levels, but I never felt any of the side effects. Today although we are monitoring it, it is at the lowest levels of my life.
2. Our son recently got married to a young lady that was an answer to our prayers. We had prayed that God would bless him with a partner in life that would be a biblical example and that is exactly what God gave him. They are a perfect compliment to each other and they put God first in their lives.
3. In the recent years, I have been able to reconnect with friends from my childhood and my college days. These friends have taught me how to forgive, how to look at my past with fondness and that through it all they are there to walk this road with us.
These are just three of the ways we have seen God in our lives but there are so many more. God is always with us, we just need to look for them. Jeremiah 29:11 says: "For I know the plans I have for you--this is the LORD's declaration--plans for your welfare, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." This one verse is something we all must remember.
A TOUGH SUBJECT
God has really blessed us since we started this journey in 2001, at that time with the International Mission Board, then in 2005 when we started the second part of our journey with International Commission. Earlier I spoke about God being with you and in our journey with International Commission, we have seen Him so very much in our lives especially in our financial situations, although we have seen our financial situation decrease over the years. Yes the tough subject I am going to talk about is Great Commission Partnership.
God calls us to follow Him. He really calls us to go therefore and make disciples of the world, sharing His love and good news. Each of us that are "followers" have this command in our lives. We are called to GO, to PRAY, and to GIVE. Some cannot GO, but all of us can PRAY and GIVE. What are you doing with this command?
International Commission is a faith based ministry, which means that we need people (JUST LIKE YOU) to come along side of us to pray for us and to financially partner with us so that we can stay in the ministry. Is partnership biblical? Please look at the ministry of Paul and the other disciples who had people and churches come alongside of them so they could continue in the work. We have been blessed to have many partners who have come alongside of us and it is this core that has kept us going. Over the last 6 months, our financial Great Commission Partnership has reduced by as much 25% on a good month. We need you to pray with us about our financial situation. We have now begun to tap into our savings in order to meet our daily needs. Pray that God will lift up people who are called to come alongside of us. Pray that many of our partners who had to reduce or stop their partnership will feel God calling them to increase their amount or begin again. Please pray that God will continue to meet all of our needs. Pray that God will give us peace in this current situation. Thank you for your prayers.
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