Spring DTS '10 is Officially Over

Here We Are!

This is Me and My Co-Leader Liz

This outreach to asia was one of the more exciting trips that I have gone on. I have never met so many people who were truly hungry for the gospel. Seemingly random people on the street were open and eager to hear about Jesus and the good news.

Thank you for your prayers, these made all the difference, and boy, could we tell!

Here is one story;

While helping to run an English Corner we met a women named "E" - I will call her E for security purposes. She made friends with a girl on my team instantly and from the first "hello" was already interested in what we had to say. This was no regular encounter, God had set this up!

In a country that boasts an aesthetic government, "E" had just begun reading the bible on her own initiative! A bible which had been given to her by a teacher in her high-school a few years before. Needless to say she had some real questions. "Who is this God?" She asked, and "Why are we separated from him?" And, "What must I do to be saved?"

Our mouths dropped to the floor! Before we had even arrived, God had been working in this woman's life, preparing her for this meeting. We got to share the entire gospel with her and pray with her. And as we left we prayed with her that God would continue what He was already doing in her life.

There are so many other stories like this one; stories of people who had been to church before but never understood what was going on. Or, stories of people feel overwhelming peace and joy as they enter a church for the very first time in their lives. We had the opportunity to witness such a mighty move of God in the hearts of people. These kinds of things do not happen everyday, even our contacts were astonished at the people we would meet on the streets.

Truly your prayers have changed peoples lives, thank you for being apart of this crazy things the Lord is doing in me and through the lives of the people who follow hard after him. Thanks for following me in my journey with the Lord.

Like most things in life, there is little time to breathe as we jump into what is next. Starting Friday, I will be staffing the School of Biblical Foundations and Missions. If you remember - or wish to look back - I did this school back in the fall of 2007. It has been a defining moment in my walk with Jesus and changed my life forever. I am looking forward to being even a small part of what the Lord does in young men and women's lives through this program.

New students come on the 8th. And I get to start the ride all over again. What a ride it will be!

Only Five Days Left!

Our Final Bible Study

Just In Case you forgot where I was

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The Count Down Begins

Well folks it is that time again,

I stand less than two weeks from my next trip out to the nations. This class of students has certainly been the best I have seen. They are hungry for the truth of the word and the power of His Holy Spirit.

Needless to say that is the most exciting combination a student could have. In light of this hunger for God, He has responded in kind with new revelations of Himself. As a school we have been devouring the scriptures and making the most of our personal times to try and absorb as much knowledge and experience before we head out. What are ride it has been!!!

We fly out on July 1st, please keep us in your prayers and remember.... There is a whole world out there in need of the gospel, are you doing your part?

The Team

Left to Right

Sarah, Daniel, Grace, Me, Liz, David, Shannon, Maddie, Catie, Johanna

Be praying for protection, encouragement, and salvation for the nation.

Talk about good Times!

The Lord is always faithful. It is the middle of week 2. The topic is Identity in Christ. This particularly deals with two subjects. The first is what we think of God; the second is what God thinks of us.

There are some notable differences between this school and the Last school I helped to staff (see further down in the blog for information regarding the last school that I staffed). God has made a very bold promise to this school. He has said:

But this is the covenant which I will make the house of Israel after those days," declares the Lord, "I will put my law within them, and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. And they shall not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying' Know the Lord,' for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares the Lord, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more." Jeremiah 31: 33&34

God has promised to make us his people and to make Himself our God. Their is such intimacy in this promise. And we get to pursue Him as deep as we want as He fulfills His promise to us.

Hello!

Been quite some time since my last blog. O sweet vacation with the Lord. Looks like I will get to be doing another DTS heading to another asian country. I will keep you all updated with events are they transpire. Love you all tons.