Merry Christmas

For to us a child is born to us a son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6

For those of us who know Jesus and have a personal relationship with Him, we know and live in His peace, joy, grace, mercy, and happiness.

God wants that none should perish but that all should come to repentance.

But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8

Do you know Jesus? Do you know His peace?

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

May you all have a joyful Christmas

Morning and Evening in Kenya

Evening in Kenya looking out from my windows. It is quite
beautiful here in Kenya everything is green and the flowers are beautiful.

You can see God's hand everywhere you look.

Mornings are also beautiful, God's awesome light shining through the clouds. When I look at God's sunrises and His sunsets,
I think of God's Word.

Psalm 119:105

"You word is a lamp to my feet

and a light for my path"

Glory to God

My first attempt at Banana Bread in Kenya. As you can see the banana's are very small you can get the bigger banana's like you see in the States, but oh the taste of the little ones. Once I was able to figure out what I needed and then go to the market and get the right ingredients, which is not always easy because the names may be different I was able to put it together. As you can see we tried it and it is great.

To God Be The Glory

Well it has been awhile since I last updated. So much has happened since then. Training was completed on November 9th, and than I flew back to Oregon with just a month to finish preparing for my departure date of December 11th.

It was wonderful to be back with family and friends to worship with them, to spend time fellowshiping, to be back home. Where is home well for me it is where ever God has me laying my head down at night.

So the month home was spent purchasing things still needed to go with me, pack the action packers then repack the action packers. Continued communication with the airlines, saying my farewells. My church Emmanuel Bible Church held a commissioning service for me on December 9th, than the evening of the 9th, they planned a farewell party which I like to say was a PRAISE THE LORD PARTY!!!! It was a wonderful time.

December 11th was departure date. I arrived in Africa on December 12th, after 21 hours in the air. Praise God for the good flights.
So what am I doing now. More prepartion,getting to know people, adjusting to an 11 hour time difference. Repacking the action packers, yes once again. New sounds, new food, new language. Praise God.


TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY

Action Packers again

John Chisum, George Searcy

Our heart our desire
Is to see the nations worship

Our cry our prayer

Is to sing Your praise to the ends of the earth That with one mighty voice

Every tribe and tongue rejoices

Our heart our desire

Is to see the nations worship You

Heavenly Father Your mercy showers down upon all people

Every race upon this earth

May Your Spirit pierce the darkness

Break the chains of death upon us

Let us rise in honest worship To declare Your matchless worth

There is no power that for one hour

Can withstand the greatness Of Your Word on tongues of faith

So we're bold in intercession

Praying now that every heart will bow

Before You Lord in praise in praise

Our heart our desire

Is to see the nations worship You

© 1993 Integrity's Hosanna!/Integrity's Praise! Music

Allowing the Gospel to Change our Hearts

God's provisions for equipping, here at CIT; first class completed today. What an awesome 5 weeks it has been. Meeting new brothers and sisters in Christ that are going all over the world that have said to God "send me I will go"

Being stretched. Learning that I will be a learner a 150% person: What is a 150% person?

The example set by Christ; who, "being in very nature God," did not cling to that identity but instead became not only a Jew but also a servant among Jews (Phil 2:6-7) We must love the poeple to whom we minister so much that we are willing to enter their culture as children, to learn how to speak as they speak, play as they play, eat what they eat, sleep where they sleep, study what they study, and thus earn their repect and adminration. In essence, we must leave our prison, enter their prison, and become full participants within it. (From Ministering Cross-Culturally S. Lingenfelter & M. Mayers)

Who am I "I am a CHILD of the KING

Have you ever looked at the heart of an Orphan:

I am alone, unwanted

It's all up to me (other's don't care)

I am responsible for life

I must earn acceptance

I need to create order for safety

I have a question for you.

What would be missing in your relationship with God if He was just your Savior, but not your Father?

I have the weekend off, what will I do, update my blog, catch up on sleep, answer emails, and prepare for Monday morning. Language Acquisition. (How do I learn a language?)

God has equipped CIT to prepare people for the call to Cross Cultural Ministry. The work load is heavy, reflection and processing, study, spending time in God's Word, searching out scripture, memorizing scripture, there is no better way to spend time than going deeper and deeper with the Lord and His Word. CIT is Scripture based with Godly men and women who have been where you are going. God has equipped them so that they can equip us. God is the head and the very core of CIT. You can check them out at http://www.cit-online.org/

ALL FOR HIS GLORY