God is on the move...

Owyhee Bend 1200ft/365m

So much has happened since my previous post, and it happened so fast! As I said; things would intensify in week 3 & 4 of the standardization course, and it did! We had to work through some tough times, but with the patience of the amazing MAF instructors and through God's grace, I achieved the standards required! I learned a lot, not only improving my own practical abilities and understanding limitations, but also to rely fully on God for all things, all the time. Even, and perhaps especially, for the things we so often think are our own responsibility.

After completing the training, I drove a car for someone from Nampa to Minneapolis (1500 miles in 36 hours with 3 hours of sleep along the way). Perhaps a little crazy in retrospect, but I wanted to see a couple of things, visit some friends and make it to Boston in time. So, I got to see some of the friends I met at Cape Town 2010 from Bethlehem Bible Collage in Minneapolis. Then I went on to Chicago and visited with my old landlord from Florida for a couple of days. After that I came to Boston to serve as a steward for the Biennial Lausanne Leadership meetings. We worked hard to organize logistics for the 150 leaders who gathered. In between we had great opportunities to interact with some great men and women serving God throughout the world. With them we discussed sections of the Call To Action of the Cape Town Commitment. What a brilliant document; laying out the role and the purpose of the Church. I firmly believe that this is our Call To Action as the Whole Church takes the Whole Gospel to the Whole World.

There is so much more to share, but this will have to do for now, I promise to add some photos soon.  (In the meantime maybe you can see some of them here and here?)


What next? I drive down to New York city tomorrow morning, spend a couple of days there before flying to London next week for the Facts & Friction course starting in July.

Thank you for your prayers and please continue as I realize more and more each day how dependent I am of that.

Praise God as we serve Him alone and He provides in ALL things!