Mission Trip – Day 3: May 19, 2007
Shabbat! The Holy Sabbath. If you read Genesis Ch. 1, you will notice that the way God views it, a new day begins with the darkness and ends with the light. The evening that comes after sunset is the beginning of that next day which will also end in light. I love these tiny pictures […]
Mission Trip: Israel -Day 2: May 18, 2007
Jerusalem! Today was the day to go see the sights. We were still getting our bearings, both physically and spiritually, so our leaders took us to the heart of it all, Jerusalem, to continue to teach us. I believe there were 14 of us, and we piled into 3 cars and zipped all around this […]
Mission Trip: Israel -Day 1: May 17, 2007
We stayed at Beit Immanuel in Tel Aviv, very near Joppa where Peter had the vision in which God told him that His Spirit was for all people, not just the Jews. (Acts 9:32-10:48) Beit Immanuel means “House of God with us,” and is a hostel that also hosts a Discipleship program for young people […]
My Journey of a Lifetime
My trip to Israel in 2007 was lead by David Schiff, who also led my trip to Mexico and the trips to Choctaw, MS and New Orleans that Kara (who is now my wife) and I also took in 2006. Before this trip, he told us that a major calling in his life was leading […]
What do You Think?
I’ve got a plan – and I want your feedback. For the next couple of weeks, in place of my normal discussions on scripture – which have led us half way through Mathew at this point – I intend to relate the story of the truly surreal and remarkably spiritual mission trip I took to […]
Wrap Up: Mission Trip Excerpt
Last Day (Reynosa, Mexico – June, 2007) Allow me to offer a few global accomplishments for this mission trip. As I said, the biggest thing to happen was the growth of each one of us. We came to help change the lives of the Mexicans there, but God wanted to perform deeper work in each […]
Travail: Mission Trip Excerpt
THURSDAY (Reynosa, Mexico – June, 2007) Our last morning, during ATL, God directed me to Covering Prayer. I asked why and Linda came to mind. David had just told us that the other group was not able to go that morning, so there would be another chance. Thus, Linda would be able to give her […]
The Second Branch: Mission Trip Excerpt
(WEDNESDAY, later that day – Reynosa, Mexico, 2006) Later that day were walking when I noticed a big healthy tree with a dead limb. I had a strong inclination to break off the dead branch. We then went down the alley. We ended up meeting two wonderful families there and Glen felt lead to buy […]
Coming to God Kicking and Screaming: Mission Trip Excerpt
(WEDNESDAY, – Reynosa, Mexico, 2006) In our morning chapel time, Yvette shared a vision she had of a purple dot which pulsated into a bigger and bigger circle until it filled her view. I remembered that Rabbi David shared that purple is the royal color and represents Jesus. Many people had different visions which later […]
Pride: Mission Trip Excerpt
(TUESDAY, later that day – Reynosa, Mexico, 2006) After lunch, when we again asked the Lord for His direction, the Spirit told me I would go to the Detention Center. The detention center was a sort of light weight, or juvenile hall. It was for young boys who were going astray, but were too young […]
