Reflections

I will not make excuses for not posting for nearly three weeks other than to say I have been as busy as anyone.

I have found myself over the past week, since the new year began, reflecting on the year 2007 and even the past few years. What is it about a new year that makes us look back? I guess it feels like a new beginning in a way.

It was about three years ago now that both Shannon and I knew we were being called into the mission fields of Africa. It wasn't until a year later though, that we finally accepted that. The first year, neither of us really talked about it, we were both aware of it in our own ways but it seemed so "far out", so impossible, so crazy, that neither of us could imagine it could be real. When we finally realized that with God's help, none of those thoughts are actually true.

These past couple of years of preparation have brought about tremendous growth and changes in each of the members of our family. As I look back at how God has been preparing us and what He has done in us in a couple of years, I am excited at what He can do with us, in us and through us in the next year. We have watched our children mature and come into a greater understanding of their role in this adventure. We know that God sees our children as tremendously important to the ministry as well. It is something we remind them of and we are excited to see them begin to understand that.

This evening we have the first "official" meeting of the End Time Glory Ministries orphanage committee. We are excited to see people, chosen by God through the ministry leadership, come together with a similar goal and mindset-one of seeing the orphans and widows of Mwanza ministered to so that they can eventually become strong Christian leaders in their community.

Please keep the ministry and our family in your prayers during these continued times of preparation.