There was once a small, green turtle that lived by a small pond. Every day the little turtle watched as the birds would fly down and drink water and then fly away high into the sky. As the little, green turtle watched day after day, the only thing he could think about was what it would be like to be able to fly like the birds. He dreamed and dreamed until one day he finally … [Read more...]
Servanthood (What type of Leader are You?)
A while back I was writing a few posts about the characteristics necessary to be the leader that God wants us to be, and since I haven’t been able to write for a while I wanted to go back and share a few more of those characteristics that I think can help all of us become better leaders. If you didn’t see the first posts, just click on the name and you can read them here. First … [Read more...]
June Prayer Letter
Reaching the Jungle: From the time we arrived to Bolivia we have been working with a sister church in the north, in a city called Cobija. Cobija is a smaller town with about 75,000 people and shares a border with the country of Brasil. If you travel outside of the city you will notice that it is surrounded with thousands of acres of jungle and hundreds of small towns and … [Read more...]
May Prayer Letter
Training to Train: I heard it said once, that you don’t really learn something until you teach it to someone else. This can be seen clearly in the ministry, and specifically in missions. Our ministry verse is 2 Timothy 2:2, which shows us that our goal has to be to train up leaders with the goal that they will in turn train up more leaders. Especially at this stage in our … [Read more...]
Using What God has Given You
When you speak of missions or ministry, many people automatically tune you out because they think that they are not equipped or that it isn’t for them. Often the idea is that if you are not a “missionary”, or “preacher” per se, that you can’t really do much for missions except give and pray. Now, don’t get me wrong. While I believe that those two things are vital to missions … [Read more...]