While I was spending time with the Lord on Sunday, Jan 15, 2017, He told me to fill out an application I’d received two weeks prior for leading a group of 18-22 year olds on a 3 month mission trip, called Passport. I filled out the application that morning and had an interview and was accepted to lead on Friday, Jan 20, 2017.   I am co-leading a Passport trip to Zambia and Botswana. Our team will be in Zambia for 2 months and Botswana for 1 month. We left on Monday, Jan 23, 2017 for Zambia.  My co-leader is Evan, he returned from the World Race in November, 2016....

The first night in Africa I woke up to someone trying to break into our house and our security guard Cartwright chasing them away. Cartwright has been a pleasure to have around our compound. Every time we walk past him, he greets us with a big smile. The one thing that caught me off guard was one night when I asked him if he wanted an apple. His jaw slightly dropped and he responded with, “I haven’t had an apple in over three years”. This made me realize how little I understand what poverty looks like. A lot of times we get mad when our server takes too long with our meal...

Why does the Lord always seem to place us where we are not comfortable?  Isn’t it lame!?  How we say: “Okay Lord, I will go where you send me”.  Then what does he do?  He sends us somewhere out of our comfort zone.  Why!?   Maybe cause when we are not comfortable we need to rely a little more on him.  When we are not comfortable it gives us the opportunity to seek for that comfort from the Lord.  Ultimately, that is one of the biggest ways I think we grow in relationship, and trust with the Lord.   So, what does this have to do...

Can You Hear the Holy Spirit? Often when we pray, it’s a one way conversation but this morning we invited the Holy Spirit to dialogue with us. 5 of us got together, we wrote our names down and passed them out but did not look to see whose name we had. We then spent time praying for the person we had and asking the Holy Spirit to give us a picture, word, Bible verse, song, vision, etc for that person.  There can be fear of failing, a performance mentality that can sometimes get in the way when you do a listening prayer activity. Doubt can be a thief: “the Lord doesn’t...

While I was spending time with the Lord on Sunday, Jan 15, 2017, He told me to fill out an application I’d received two weeks prior for leading a group of 18-22 year olds on a 3 month mission trip, called Passport. I filled out the application that morning and had an interview and was accepted to lead on Friday, Jan 20, 2017.   I am co-leading a Passport trip to Zambia and Botswana. Our team will be in Zambia for 2 months and Botswana for 1 month. We left on Monday, Jan 23, 2017 for Zambia.  My co-leader is Evan, he returned from the World Race in November, 2016....

Can You Hear the Holy Spirit? Often when we pray, it’s a one way conversation but this morning we invited the Holy Spirit to dialogue with us. 5 of us got together, we wrote our names down and passed them out but did not look to see whose name we had. We then spent time praying for the person we had and asking the Holy Spirit to give us a picture, word, Bible verse, song, vision, etc for that person.  There can be fear of failing, a performance mentality that can sometimes get in the way when you do a listening prayer activity. Doubt can be a thief: “the Lord doesn’t...