Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Time is getting short.

I will be leaving in two weeks. Time is getting short. I seem to forget that while I am away, family and friends will miss me as I miss them. It seem like it is easy to take them for granted until I am away. It gets easy to be caught up in 1,000 other things that need to be done in preparation to go. In a month, it will be easy to look back and see where I missed time with the people that I love at home. I think it is easy to do everyday. We assume that our family and friends will just be there when we are around. I pray for the wisdom to recognize opportunities to spend time with them.

People ask why go and be away from those that you love. Why leave your life behind, even for a few months? Are you going on vacation? looking for adventure?

The answer to all of these things is because I believe that Jesus calls us to it. Some are called for short periods of time and others for years but all are called to go. I do not believe that God calls us because He needs us. He is God and fully sufficient to accomplish His purposes without us. He calls us because He loves us and wants us to have the joy of serving Him and those He created. God's purpose is to manifest his love in the earth. We get to experience it best as we go and share it. He calls us to go because he wants to transform us into His image.

My challenge to each person that reads this today is to ask God where they are suppose to be working for the advancement of His kingdom. Look for an opportunity to serve and make His love known. It can be scary but will be the most rewarding and life transforming thing that you have ever done.


If you would like to contribute to my expenses, you can do so by mailing a check to:
My Father's House of Prayer
C/O Guatemala Missions
P.O. Box 679 
Morris, IL 60450 
Checks can be made out to MFHOP.

Friday, January 24, 2014

2014- A New Season

This year promises to be a busy one for Iglesia Galilea. There will be numerous teams and several projects to keep them busy. In Membrial, there will be ongoing work to finish the remainder of the school and to construct the Church. In Zapote, there will be work with the Food Machine, house and stove building and projects around the new second floor addition to the school. 

Each of the projects is designed to empower the children of the communities as well as their family. The  short term goal of the projects is to better the living conditions of the communities and help them to prepare for a future in a changing Guatemalan economy. The long term goal is to bring whole communities into right relationship with Jesus and to make His name known.

All of these projects in Guatemala happen because of the hard work of dozens of volunteers that come and spend one or two weeks of their own vacation time to work and because of the generous donors that support the work. Along with the need to support project, there is a need for sponsors to keep the children in school. Each child is fed daily and provided many essentials to be able to attend the schools.

If you would like to contribute to my expenses, you can do so by mailing a check to:
My Father's House of Prayer
C/O Guatemala Missions
P.O. Box 679 
Morris, IL 60450 
Checks can be made out to MFHOP.



If you interested in supporting their ministries or sponsoring children in the schools you will find a complete listing of contacts here  Links and Partner Sites