After the DTS ended on November 14th, I flew to visit some of my dad's family in Florida for Thanksgiving. It was a great time to look back at all the Lord had done and be very thankful. I have so much to be thankful for! Thank God for awesome family, 3 meals a day, being able to go to the sink and drink the water... the list goes on and on and I'm sure yours does too.
One of the highlights for me was getting to spend time with my dad's mom, who is 86 and has many memories of working in Haiti. She spent about 25 years working with CrossWorld, a missions organization in Haiti. She now lives in a retirement community with many other missionaries who went to Haiti as well. During my stay I was able to hear many stories of the testimonies of those that have gone before me, which was very encouraging. I was also able to connect with my dad, as we enjoyed the tasty tangerines, warm weather and beautiful beaches of Florida.
After staying in Florida until Thanksgiving Day, I flew to Los Angeles to a global missions congress named Call2All that had about 500 leaders of international missions organizations coming together to pray, partner and strategize to finish the great commission better and take the gospel of the kingdom to the whole earth. I had the incredible privilege of being a volunteer and at the same being apart of all of the teaching times as an usher.
There was lots of worshiping together, preaching and teaching, and round table discussions about how to better do what God called us to do.
Before the congress was over, everyone was challenged to ask God what kind of commitments He wanted them to make with His help and His grace. This list is what leaders have committed to do by the year 2021. And here is list: 70,301 new consistent prayer meetings or House of Prayer, 1,807 Unreached and Unengaged People Groups reached, 46,448 new teams committed to take the bible to new locations through oral teaching and story telling, 217,789 new churches planted, 584,345,463 new exposures to the gospel, and $36,524,466 donated to factors involved in fulfilling the great commission.
The last day of the congress was committed to 8 hours of prayer and worship, as we prayed for the ending of abortion and revival in the nations among other things. It was awesome!
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| Here we are praying on a giant map of the world |
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So for now I'm spending time with my family in Sisters, Oregon. I would be happy to figure out a time to spend time with anyone that is interested in hearing about all the God has done in Haiti, or just to hang out! On January 8th, I will be flying to Kona Hawaii, and I will start staffing again, committing 20 hours a week to Student Services, and the rest of my time to staffing the prayer room, which consists of leading corporate prayer and worship, as well as discipling others in the life calling we all have of loving God with all of our hearts! From Kona I plan on going to a School of Biblical Studies in Taiwan, which starts March 23rd.
Please partner with in prayer for the following areas:
1. Deeper revelation of God to my family, my town Sisters Oregon, and to America
2. All the funds needed for my 3 months of staffing in Kona (at least $5,000), and at least $10,000 for SBS in Taiwan
3. My Haitian friend Robert is also going to the school in Taiwan, and will be needing at least $11,000 for everything he needs.
4. A deep refreshing restoration in my life after a good long year of ministry that would cause me to pursue God and love people even more next year.
Thank you!
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