Day 3

Today we just realized the weight of what is happening.

We have tons of services to minister in through

preaching and teaching. It suddenly got really

quiet as everyone began to study. It has been

such an awesome expearence! We turned on some worship

music and began to seek God. Some reading, some praying, some writing but all honoring Gods presence in our room. We are so passionate about the future

of this partnership. We look forward to bringing 

many of you with us next year!

Day 2 (I think)

Hello friends and family,

What a long journey! 10 hour drive, 15 hr flight, 9 hr layover and finally

 a 2 hour flight and we are here! We arrived at our hotel at 1:00 a.m. 

American time. And do you think they let us rest? No! They shipped us

straight to church. And guess who was preaching to 100? Us! We hit the

ground running. What an amazing expearence. When we arrived at our destination

we were in tears unbelieving what we saw. How can we preach to these people

when we eat from the silver spoon? They eagrly desired to hear the message 

we had to share though. We so look forward to what the future here holds.

We were to busy to get good pics so here is the best I got. These people

are in a bulding project. They are pouring a second story in their vaulted 

cellieng church. The pic is hard to make out but it showes a big

hole they still have to fill. They had the date set for the concrete truck to arrive

but needed $3000 still. They were believing for a miracle and moving as God 

Prompted them. It reminded me of a little church I happen to know.

Love you all! 

Day 1 of missions trip

Hello all,
Today is day one away form home. We are so excited about what God is going to do. We already feel our hearts being torn out for those we are going to minister to . We anticipate that our lives will be changed as well.
We left Eugene yesterday at 5:00 p.m. and began our long journey to San Francisco. We made one pit stop at the In and Out Burger. One memory that we will never forget! We arrived in San Francisco at 2:30 a.m. We are staying with my aunt and uncle who have been VERY hospitable. Today my uncle will be taking us on a tour of the sights in San Francisco. Our flight leaves at 9:00 p.m. tonight.
Thankyou for your support and prayers!

Philippines!

We will leave on Sunday at 3 Pm to the Philippines. That is only 4 day away! We will drive 8 1/2 hours to San Francisco.  We will stay the night at my aunt and uncles, Gary and Kathy's house.(thanks guys, I will be sure to wear my jail shirt :) This will give us a whole day to rest and explore San Francisco before we catch our flight. Our flight leaves at 9:05 p.m. Monday the 3rd. The flight will be 16 hours! We will arrive in Manilla, Philippines only to wait 6 more hours for our next flight. Then we will fly to Cagayan De Oro and the fun begins. We will be visiting many Churches each day, encouraging and ministering to them. We will do many crusades where we feed children, present gospel via Bible stories and ballon animals.  We look forward to visiting the Churches that we funded last year. Last night we packed our suitcases with supplies we are giving to the churches. It tore my heart out. I am ashamed that I haven't done more.  I desire to be changed by God as we are there. I know my perspectives will change and my heart will be broken. Please pray that God will use us to be a blessing and produce fruit. Thank you.

Proud Husband

I Love my wife! She was created by God just for me. She challenges me daily to be the man who God has called me to be. She is skilled in everything that she does and constantly gives me the run for my money. She is willing to be used by God and God blesses her. He gives her new opportunity to minister and she takes them. She knows what she wants and is a passionate defender of that. She doesn't worry but trusts in God and listens to His voice. She encourages me when I am weak and when we fight, making up is the best. I love you baby!

Worship

I had to repent today. I sat in a worship service with my hands in my pocket. I had good motives and planned to enter in to his presence. I was just waiting for him to move me, for me to get energy, to get the distractions out of my mind etc etc. Then I realized, why don't I run to him. Why do I withhold worship from him. Why am I so controlled by the way I feel. God is God and demands my worship. Worship that is "all in". Feelings aside. Pure desire to please Him and be with Him. 

Today I am changed forever. This moment is one of the moments I will never forget. From this day forward I give my all, all the time. No more being sleepy in prayer. Today I mean business. I will worship the One who changed me, the One who saved me, the One who loves me more than I could ever love back. Today I will worship the King of Kings.

Extraordinary!

Tonight during worship God reminded me of some awesome things that changed my life. When the music started to play I was reminded of how I fall short of who God is calling me to be. A small voice in my head tried to tell me, "don't beat yourself up, God loves you no matter what." Then a rebellion to this voice rose up in me and said,"No, you can afford to fall short but everyone around you will pay the price." This fire rose in my heart as God challenged me to be EXTRAORDINARY! God reminded me that I don't have to be lazy and half hearted. I can be great and do great things for Him. He gives me the power to do it. Why sit back and dream all the time. Its time to get out there and be the amazing person God is always telling me I can be! So today I declare it over my life "I am going to be extraordinary today, I have the greatness of the King in me and I will be a world changer today! Its time to rise to the occasion and be the man of God that I see when I worship, to be the man God is asking me to be!"