Stateside Ministry Opportunities

Lately our travel around the country stopped, but the busyness of our lives just keeps going. We are moving along in our progress to join our team, and I have to be honest here- as proud of the team as I am and the things they are doing, we have been feeling left out and a little jealous that we are not there sharing in the sowing and building the relationships. Don't get me wrong, I know that God's timing is perfect, and we will get there in His time, not ours. But, we are feeling the way we are feeling because we are not in Bangkok yet.

However, we have been blessed to re-connect with many of our friends while we have been here in the U.S. We are making so many more connections with friends we just had simple acquaintances with before we left 3 years ago. Some of our friends from those BSA (Before South Asia) days have moved on in their lives. Others have matured in the fact that they understand what we are doing and want to be more involved in what we are doing but do not know how. The main thing is that we pull ourselves off the pedestal that people place us on (and sometimes place ourselves on) for being missionaries overseas and show them that we are normal, real people. We like to have fun and laugh, watch movies and tv shows, be frustrated with our sports teams (Michigan football is in rebuilding process, and I am okay with that), and just hang out with friends and show that it doesn't take perfect people to make an impact for Christ- it is Christ who works His perfection through our weakness to gain glory for Himself, and we rest in that and simply try to be ourselves.

With some frequent flyer miles I was able to fly to Sedona, AZ to visit my dad. It has been a long time since we have been able to just hang out and have father-son time. (I wrote about him in this earlier blogpost- Remembrance.) I was proud to go hiking, talk about and watch sports together and take a golf lesson, to which I completely forgot about when we got to the course!

Another huge re-connection happened with my half-brother. My mother and real father (not the one I visited in AZ) divorced when I was young, and my real father re-married and had a son. When I would visit my dad, I got to know him, but only when he was 3. My father then got divorced, and I lost contact with his ex-wife and my brother. For many years I tried to find him, but never could. Every now and then I would search the internet to find him but ran into dead ends and would not try again for long periods of time, and then would run into more dead ends. Just recently, I found his mom on Facebook, and was able to send her a message, not knowing if I would even get a response. Well, 26 years after I had seen him last, we were able to connect through email, and then by phone. We spent 2 hours talking about our lives up to this point and sharing hardships and similarities we shared. Our lives sort of mirrored each other as far as our relationships. We sent pictures back and forth of each other and were amazed at how much we actually do look related. This is all new territory for us, and we will meet personally soon. We live about 10 hours away, and have agreed to meet half-way somewhere. I really can't wait to meet him finally.

So, God has really held us here for some good connections- I shudder to think that if we had been in Thailand already, I would not have the opportunity to meet personally with my brother. So I am thankful for a God whose timing is perfect in every way.

Recently, I have also begun to teach discipleship to a group of college age students who are living in a low-income housing project that our church has been involved with over the years. There are many internationals living in this housing area, and the students are engaging them through an after-school program with the children and building relationships with the families they are living around. The teaching I am giving them is the same that was taught to me and the same I taught to church planters in South Asia. Their attitude, even though they are busy with college and part-time jobs is amazing. I thought they would be too tired to listen and learn this stuff, but they are so eager and hungry for this that it just blows me away. 3 guys and 3 girls sit and listen to me teach and challenge them to be all they can be for Christ. One of the guys came forward, and though he has been a follower of Christ for some years and it has changed his life, he realized he had not been baptized. He said that if he was going to make disciples and baptize, he ought to be baptized. This came from sound biblical teaching (not from me) but from God's word. Sunday, we went, as the group, to a lake area and he took baptism in front of the body of believers he knows will hold him accountable before God. It was an awesome step of obedience and maturity in this young man, and God was glorified by what he did. I look forward to the things he and the rest of the group will do for God among the people they are trying to reach. It was also an incredible picture of the body being the body outside the walls of the regular local church.

We are busy, and though we want to be where we are supposed to be now, God is showing us that geographic location does not matter- we can make an impact for God's glory where we are.

Listening

I have been kind of bad at listening to God lately. We have been so busy as a family-traveling to visit friends and family, going to missions conferences, speaking at churches. It all seems the right thing to do, but my relationship with the Father has not been a very good connection through all of this. It affects me when I do not connect with Him. I feel a real sense of being lost.

Yesterday, we sat in our home church and took the Lord's Supper together. When it came time to examine myself before taking the bread and drinking the cup, I had an interesting time of listening and hearing a conversation that Jesus had with the Father on the cross. Now, I did not hear this audibly, but in my mind, the words came and comforted me, as the comforter always does.

As Jesus was hanging on cross, here was the conversation:

"Father, here is my child Steve. I'm here representing him today. I know he has done many bad things in his life, and he has even turned away from you to pursue those things. Father I know he deserves punishment for the things he has done. But I am ready to take that punishment for him, so he doesn't have to. I am ready to take your full wrath upon myself for him because I love Steve and I want him to do great things for My Name. One day, even though he doesn't think he is ready or qualified, I will send him to people half way around the world to tell of me and what I have done for him today. I will do a great work through Steve for the sake of My name. So Father, I ask you to accept this sacrifice for Steve's punishment today, that he may be a blessing to people who have never had the chance to hear of me. Thank you for your grace upon Steve, and I promise he will be all that he is created to be, and that is My representative; My ambassador; My witness to the ends of the earth."

Now, I am not saying that is the exact conversation Jesus had with the Father 2000 years ago. I am not the only one who Jesus died for that day. However, any one of us could insert our names into this conversation and it would be essentially true. That is the power of God's grace and the truth of the Gospel. It's not just an escape from the coming judgment of God, but a blessing of new life in order to be a blessing to others.

The Soils

This past Sunday, our executive pastor at LifePoint Church preached a message on Luke 8:1-18. It is the parable of the sower, in which Jesus tells about the seed of the Gospel-

Some seed that falls upon those who first receive it, but it is taken away by Satan.

Some seed is received with joy, but since there is no root because it falls upon the hard hearted, or the rocky soil it withers away.

Another is where the seed of the Gospel falls among the thorns and was choked out- the worries of the world choke God's word out of them and they go back to the way they were.

Then, the Gospel that falls upon the good soil, or the prepared soil that is soft and allows the seed to grow yields a crop. That crop produces 100 times more than what was sown- it produces fruit that lasts and then regenerates more seed for more crop and more harvest.

But this does not just happen automatically- all the soils have trouble with the seed. Even the good soil, as Jesus says in verse 15 "receive the word, retain it and by persevering produce a crop." Even though some are good soil, they still must persevere through trouble- through life in order to produce fruit.

The sower has the responsibility to sow seed broadly. Sowers of the Gospel cannot worry about whether or not the soil is good or bad. It is not up to the sower to make the seed grow. He can water it, fertilize it but it is God that makes the growth happen.

Blessed to Be a Blessing

We have had an incredible transition from Atlanta back to Tennessee. We are blessed to have a house provided by local folks who own a second home specifically to house missionaries on stateside assignment. The ministry they are involved with is Shepherd's Rest Ministries, Inc.

Last week, I was blessed by being ordained by my home church's ordination council. On the heels of 5 months of intensive missionary/dicipleship training in Atlanta through Global Frontier Missions, and the power and wisdom from the Holy Spirit, the answers to tough theological and doctrinal questions seemed to come naturally, even being asked by much of the church staff and older and wiser leaders within the church. I feel really honored to be ordained by my home church.

Sunday, we and the rest of Team Bangkok were commissioned in front of our entire church body, LifePoint Church Smyrna, in all 3 services. Again, we are humbled by being sent out by our body, and the pastor telling the body of Christ that we are their missionaries- we are to be representatives of LifePoint Church to the nations for Christ. We have been set apart, much like Barnabas and Saul in Acts 13, and the Holy Spirit will empower us to do God's will among the nations of those Jesus died and rose again to provide salvation for. Today, our team leaders boarded a plane and headed to Bangkok- the rest of the team will follow in the next month, with us bringing up the rear. It was a treat to be with our team for the last time on American soil together, but we know that our home and our task is elsewhere, and we will come together later this year as a team to carry out that task.

We are extremely blessed to be a blessing to those who need to hear the Gospel. We do not take that lightly- we have a responsibility not to waste the blessing we have been given.

Our team going to Bangkok is 16 physically, but spiritually we are much bigger, and we have a big God on our side. If God is for us, who can stand against us?

Church Planting Updates

Just got an update from "D", one of the church planters that we trained in South Asia.

From his and another partner's work, 8 new believers were baptized in February, 22 more in another place in March. In other places he is working, 50 more new believers are are taking baptism this month, possibly as this blog goes out. Praise the Lord!! "D" is also helping the churches he has planted become self supporting by making washing detergents, planting crops and starting chicken and fish farms to sell for food. He is also busy training other church planting groups in the same methods as we taught. One group in another district of his state has planted 65 new churches in the last 6 months. By this, the Glory of God will cover South Asia as the waters cover the seas, starting with this place!

This is the kind of growth we hope to see among God's people in Thailand. The above work took many years of toiling, and did not happen overnight, and we cannot take credit for it, but all credit and glory go to God. We were simply fortunate enough that God used us to be His vessels for the training these brothers received.

As we go to Thailand, we are hopeful and are believing on faith that God will use us in a similar way. Please continue to pray for South Asia and God's Kingdom to continue to grow there. Also, pray for the way to be prepared for us to join and assist what God is doing in the "Land of Smiles".

The Nations Have Come to Us!

Since coming to training in the Atlanta area, I have been blessed to meet many peoples from different countries- in fact, in the last five months I have probably met more internationals from more countries than I have met in my whole life. Below are the countries they are from represented also by their national flags.

Uzbekistan- A couple of us have shared the Gospel with Slava (his easier to pronounce name) who is Jewish and the maintenance worker at our apartments. Another couple who lives in our complex is also from here. We have spent some time with them, and their daughter has literally been playing with the kids of one of the team families and ours.

Uruguay- Met some kids playing a soccer-type game in the park the other day from here.

Thailand- The young guy at the Thai Food restaurant is from here. He will be back in Bangkok this summer and we are looking forward to seeing him there when we get there later this year.

Somalia- We shared the Gospel with a man named Abdi. He is a refugee and has not seen his son in 8 years. Separated by division among Muslims over 9/11. He told us when he saw the planes crash into the towers, he said to everyone around, "This is of the devil." He has been persecuted and separated from wife and child since, and has recently come to America.

Pakistan- Brief encounter with a man from here.

Nepal- Attended a worship that was full of people from Nepal.

Myanmar (Burma)- Many refugees have been sent to this area, and I have been working with a local missionary who is living in their apartment complex and developing relationships with them for Kingdom purposes. Have not been able to share the Gospel much with them due to language difficulties. However, most of them are learning English and doing very well at it. They have been ousted from their native land by the government/mafia to make way for drug trafficking in and out of neighboring countries.

Mexico- Pretty big area for Mexican Nationals all over the U.S., but a lot of Mexican businesses and churches all over this area.

Kosovo- Was blessed to hear the testimony of a Muslim background Believer from Kosovo at church one Sunday. Powerful stuff.

Iraq- Had a conversation with Akram- a young man whose entire family are refugees because of their Christianity. I asked him why his family had to come to America, and he said- "It is very dangerous to be Christian in Iraq." Maybe he'll be a future evangelist for his people one day! Many Kurdish people have come here also.

Iran- Met one family from Iran. They run a local business in the area.

India- Met many Indian nationals here. One Christian family, a local pastor and had a talk with one of the volunteers at the local Hindu temple just around the corner- one of the largest Hindu temples outside of India.

Honduras- Some of the kids that come to Kidz Club at our building are from here.

Ethiopia- Briefly met some folks from here.

Dominican Republic- My son and I went on an adventure looking for a cheap haircut. We found a local Dominican barber shop. Tough conversation, but great haircuts!

Colombia- Couple of kids in our complex from here also.

China- One of the ladies at the checkout counter in the local international farmers market grocery store is from here.

Burundi- The neighbors of one of the families we have been sharing Christ with are from Burundi. They are Christian which is one of the reasons they are here.

Brazil- One of the local leaders being raised up in Sao Palo was able to come and visit us in Atlanta. He has a great testimony and is a great speaker. He was given a tour of the local Hindu temple, and as some of the monks were feeding the statues, he was sad because they were wasting his favorite meal- rice and beans- on dead statues.

Bhutan- Most of the refugees from Bhutan are ethnically Nepali. Generations ago, they migrated from Nepal to Bhutan. The monarchy there had sent them out, so they tried to return to their native land of Nepal. However, the Nepali government did not recognize them as Nepali, and the Indian government did not want refugees, so Nepal kept them in refugee camps until a nation would take them. Most are Hindu, some Buddhist, and some Christian. We have adopted one family through World Relief Organization who helps them and other refugees get placed and integrate into American Society. God has opened some doors for us to share Christ with some of them, and with the local church leadership, hopefully they can be discipled into small churches that will reach out to their refugee community and grow the Kingdom here in this area.

Afghanistan- Many Afghani refugees have come to America in the past 10 years since 9/11.

There are many other nationalities that have settled here that we have not met yet, and since our time is running down here, we may not get to meet. We see signs in Korean, Taiwanese, Vietnamese, Laotian- especially signs on local churches. Amazing that we are plopped right down in the middle of the nations here outside of Atlanta.

How much do you know of your hometown? You may be living nearby an international refugee area. Most likely, there are organizations around you like World Relief Organization, and Friends of Refugees who work hard to place people that have been abandoned by the only country they know. All they want to do is adapt and integrate into the local society. Sadly, many will never make any American friends, because we are not aware or are too wrapped up in our busy lives to welcome those people who have been rejected. Think about it though- a refugee is someone who has been persecuted and removed from their homeland because of their ethnicity, religious beliefs, language, political views or simply their government wants them off the land. Refugees usually do not get any respect by their host country. Can you think of any refugees you might know? I can think of one-

There were many children born around the time Jesus was born and were persecuted by Herod. All boys under the age of two years were put to death because of the fear that Jesus would overthrow Herod's kingdom and restore it to the Jews. His family fled to Egypt, and that is where he grew up until Herod's death. Jesus and his family were refugees.

Update From Atlanta and Mission Training

One month left until our time in Atlanta is finished. We have been studying hard and preparing as a team for Bangkok later this year. Even with the experience I have gained in South Asia, I have picked up even more tools and knowledge for application in Thailand.

In addition to class time and reading 2 books per week, I have had a lot of fun going into the local refugee community outside of Atlanta in Clarkston, GA. This is the most diverse international place I have seen or even heard of in all of America. There are refugees from many places that are placed right here. People from Sudan, Ethiopia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar and many others are relocated right here through World Relief- a refugee relief organization that helps people acclimate into the U.S. These refugees are different from immigrants- immigrants have come to this country of their own free will. Refugees have been removed from their country because of their ethnicity, their religious beliefs or simply because they occupy land that the government wants to use. They spend time in refugee camps, sometimes 15-20 YEARS before going to a country that will accept them. We have met some young people 18-25 that were born in the refugee camps and have no concept of their own home country. Many of the children were born in the camps. Can you imagine? Not being able to call anyplace home, and then being placed in America where you do not know the language, you have no money and are totally dependent upon others to survive. The Bhutanese are ethnically Nepali people who migrated generations ago into Bhutan, but since they are not really Bhutanese, the government sent them out of the country. They tried to settle in India, but were sent away. They tried to settle in their native country of Nepal, but were not recognized as Nepali, so were put into refugee camps that are not too far removed from prison accommodations. This is a holding place where they live and apply to live in other countries, but are forced to remain (they cannot go outside the walls of the camp) and survive in these refugee camps until they are accepted by another country. Most likely, that country is a European country or the USA- either way, they move into a culture completely opposite of their own.

Through World Relief, my family and I have adopted a Bhutanese family, and spend one day per week in their home being friends to them by just hanging out with them. Others on our team have also adopted refugee families, and have been spending time with them, even picking them up to go to the hospital for doctor visits. One visit we were able to meet the entire family that has been slowly relocated here from Nepal, and were served dinner. When we left, one of the men of the family said- "you are part of our family." Sadly, we will leave them soon, but hopefully the impact of our love and friendship toward them will be felt for some time. Another sad fact about many other refugee families is that they never have any significant relationships with any American families. We are privileged to have the opportunity to spend time with these families and show the love of Christ, even being able to share our faith with them.

In one of the apartment complexes, the majority of people that live there are refugee families from many different countries. I met a missionary that is living and working among them, and have been spending a lot time with him visiting families that he has developed relationships. We have had many opportunities to share the Gospel, and have found several houses of peace within the complex. We were talking with a Nepali man who spoke very good English (he learned while in the refugee camp for 20 years). The conversation never lagged, he initiated dialog during our conversation, which eventually turned to spiritual topics. He is Hindu, but does not believe many of the Hindu traditional beliefs, like reincarnation- he believes we live once and then die, but from there go to the good place or bad place. We asked him who decides where we go, and how. He said the more good we do, we go to the good place (heaven) but if we do bad, then we go to hell (This is a very common belief among people from South Asia). We then shared the Gospel, to which he is open to hearing more because he said that it was good teaching. Another day, we sat outside and shared the Gospel with a group of Nepali women and an older Nepali man who helped us explain it, since he was a Christian. We were sitting with another family we had built a relationship with, and asking questions about Hindu beliefs. The wife then handed us a Jehovah Witness tract they had received, written in the Nepali language. Fortunately, they did not understand what it was, but unfortunately, understood it as Christian. The opportunity presented itself for us to share the REAL Gospel, and with a Nepali Bible, we explained salvation through Christ in the Book of Romans, with the Romans Road passages (verses 3:10-12, 3:23, 5:8, 6:23, 10:9-10, and 10:13). We stopped at each passage and explained, and had them read and re-read them and tell us what they thought. They have not accepted yet, but they have a better understanding of Jesus, that will hopefully lead to their becoming a follower of Christ.

It has been a great time here in Atlanta, not only gaining a lot of knowledge, but to be able to apply many of the principles right away and plug into the local community. Keep praying for these refugee families that we have all encountered- that the Holy Spirit will work in their lives & the knowledge that they have been given to change their lives. And pray about befriending a refugee family in your city. There are many. Make a difference in their lives.

Why is Good Friday Good?

It was Good Friday 2008. Our Hindu neighbor, who we were visiting, asked me the question. We had shared that we follow Christ, and she had a knowledge of Catholicism from the Catholic school she attended as a young girl.

"This is the day of Jesus' resurrection, that is why it is Good Friday, right?", she asked.

I said, "Good Friday is when Jesus was crucified and died on the cross."

"How is that good?" she asked.

I really didn't expect that question, from anybody let alone a Hindu woman in South Asia. What came next was from the Holy Spirit, not me.

"This is the day that Jesus died to take the punishment for the sins of the people of the whole world. What is more good than that?"

She smiled and seemed to agree, though we don't know if she has accepted Jesus as her only Lord. We gave her a Bible in her language, which she put in her puja room, along with her other gods. They jokingly would say that they follow Jesus and many other gods, though I was never able to confront that statement- that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to God but through Jesus. (John 14:6) Not Krishna, not Ganesh, not Shiva, not Hanuman- no one comes to God but through Jesus.

An amazing display of how much love God has for us- Jesus, God's one and only Son enduring torture and agonizing death to take our punishment on the cross. Taking punishment for my sins, your sins, sins of all Americans, Africans, Mexicans, Europeans, Russians, Indians, Japanese, Chinese- the sins of the whole WORLD. How do we know this? What kind of proof do we have? Anyone can take punishment for someone else. People sacrifice animals for sins all the time. Even human sacrifices have been and are made to please gods and atone for sins. But, the way we know that Jesus' sacrifice was THE sacrifice for the whole world, once and for all- God raised Jesus three days later. There has never been another sacrifice that has been brought back from the dead. Only Jesus- and there is testimony to the fact that he has risen, there is a book written about it (the Bible) where witnesses talked with him, ate with him and even touched him after he was killed and rose again. Jesus, the one and only atoning sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. With that sacrifice, we can escape the coming judgement of God, because of the love of God.

"Just as man is destined to die once, and after that face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take the sins of many people." Hebrews 9:27-28.

"This will take place on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Jesus Christ," Romans 2:16

"He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification."

Romans 4:25

"But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

The sins of the whole world were paid for through the suffering and death of Jesus, on what we call Good Friday. On the cross- the wonderful cross.

Not Exactly Our Plan, But A Good One!

So, God called us to go to South Asia, to make His name known among a population of over a billion people- of which less than 1% claim to know the name of Christ, and an even smaller percentage of those claim to be evangelical Christian.

So, unless we went, those people will not be reached with the Gospel, right? The task and the burden is upon myself and my family- it is OUR responsibility to stay in this place, where God called us, until the task is finished, right?

How selfish and arrogant to think of ourselves as THAT important in the task God is doing in South Asia. It does not disqualify us and excuse us from going, however, but if we think we are leading God into those places, we are sadly mistaken, and we can easily be a failure.

We traveled to South Asia, pretty much knowing nothing other than God wanting us in a specific place for His glory. After learning a tremendous amount from our team members and the national brothers there, we felt like this was the place for us- until God called us away in the distant future of His perfect timing. The problem with that thinking is, God's timing is not perfect when we try to control it and put limits on it.

We loved our place of service even before we got there, and grew to love it even more as we stayed, but God had other plans. Our home church was putting a team together to go to Thailand with the task of multiplying disciples, leaders and churches. They asked us if we would consider joining the team and brining our 2 years of experience in church planting to it. WHAT? What about where we are? The ministry is going well. We are seeing a lot of fruit. Many volunteer teams have come through here and brought the vision back home to the U.S. AND, why would we give up being completely taken care of financially through the IMB to go an raise our own financial support to go somewhere else? It did not make any sense to me, and we struggled with the decision of what to do.

So, we prayed about it. We found that we were not sent to South Asia with the IMB just to reach the lost and equip church planters how to focus their ministry and reach the lost themselves. Those are important, but just as important was the valuable time we spent growing in the Lord, and learning how to live overseas, and what further purpose and plan He had for us in His master plan of reaching the unreached. God was equipping us for another purpose and another place of service for Him through our time in South Asia, and the more we prayed, the more we felt that it was time to step out of our new comfort zone we had made and get uncomfortable again in order to glorify God.

So, we said yes and left South Asia. We are now with a team of 11 adults and 5 children (2 of them ours) that are preparing to go to Bangkok, Thailand this year. We are growing as a team by attending a 5 month missionary training school in Atlanta, GA- Global Frontier Missions. By this summer, mostly all of the team will have moved to Bangkok. Since we have had a later start in raising our ministry partners, we will be joining the team later this year. We are excited to be heading out on our 2nd missionary journey as a family, knowing that what God wants is better than what we want. Jesus prayed, in Matthew 26:39 "Father, not my will, but yours be done." Father, no matter where your will takes us, not our will but yours be done.

I'll share more about our times here in Atlanta in future, and SOONER posts.

New Updates- Yes, from America!

What a journey it has been. We have come home, just a quick 2 year stay in South Asia with the IMB, and it has come to an end already. We enjoyed our time, saw much fruit, even saw successful church planting through what God had equipped us to equip others with. It did not come from us, but God channeled it through us to those who could be most effective. We feel extremely blessed to have been in the place God put us that people would reach out to Him.

There was sadness in finishing and saying goodbye, committing the church planters to the grace of God's word and the work that He called them to. There was sadness in leaving a place that became our home so easily. There was sadness in saying goodbye to so many close friends- neighbors, church planters, business owners- all of them cried when saying goodbye, which made it harder. We were covered by God's grace in coming home, no travel problems- only a long journey. We came home and were greeted by friends we had left behind 2 years ago, and rejoiced as they were able to help us with all 12 of our suitcases!

No rest, however as we returned in time for the Christmas season, and after about a week of jet-lag, trying to find things we needed for daily survival, and driving on the wrong side of the road and nearly giving my in-laws a heart attack, we shopped for gifts for each other and for the kids- the first real mall shopping we had done, talk about reverse culture shock! My son accepted Christ in July, and we shared our joy with our home church as I baptized him- what an incredible joy!

After Christmas, we packed and headed down to our next journey- a Missionary Training School in the Atlanta, Georgia area. We are currently living in a local community with a team from our home church preparing to go and live in Thailand. Our vision and purpose is to multiply disciples, leaders and churches to spread God's glory in that place. During our time in Atlanta, we are preparing ourselves by team building, training, community ministry and fund raising (we are no longer with the IMB but are being sent our through our home church).

The plan, is to be in the Atlanta area for 5 months of training through Global Frontier Missions, and then, if our funding commitments come in we will be able to join the team which will move to Thailand in July of this year. If funding is not complete by July, we will stay back and raise support for however long it takes and join the team later. We are way excited to be part of what God is doing and what He will do through our team.

Thanks for checking in- more blog posts will come, so stay tuned!