It'll be a great week…here is Lindsey with our "See it, sense it, live it" banner. She's on it with some kids from a refugee camp in El Salvador.
Archive for December, 2008
The World Missions Summit begins
On December - 30 - 2008
Starting early on my New Year’s resolution…
On December - 27 - 2008
So…you saw my on-line New Year’s resolution…it’s to blog more. As I said, I wanted to be a bit more thoughtful (but not always long like this…wanna still be random at times too). This will perhaps approach that goal…
I head on Monday to the World Missions Summit in Cincinnati, OH. (BTW: I keep not spelling Cinicinnati correctly.) I’m excited. There will be many Convoy of Hopers there, but also some Book of Hope friends from the olden days. I’m even going to try and reconnect with some old roommates (Jason…Steve?) from those years for some Settlers of Catan (and prayer for the nations). Should be fun.
Our Convoy of Hope theme is “See it, sense it, live it.” I’ve been on a lot of missions trips. On most, people will say something like, “Man…I’ve never seen this type of poverty before…we have so much.” They’re seeing/hearing/smelling/tasting and feeling a need. I want to get beyond that. I pray they do too.
I want to really sense in my heart what God wants to do about it. I’m pretty sure He doesn’t hope we’ll pity those in need. There must be something more, but what is it? I think that answer depends on what God wants from us…our time, our money, our prayers, our minds, our words. What do I sense He wants from me? I suppose that’s a question I hope all on those trips ask. Then…I want to move to the actually doing something stage. I wanna live it. I want the people on those trips to live it too…not just in whatever country/city they serve but at home too. Life is a missions trip, you know.
Here’s a video. Our latest.
Slacker…(me)
On December - 27 - 2008
My New Year’s resolution for 2009, as far as my on-line presence goes:
1. Blog more. Like every day or two. I have a lot of thoughts, but usually end up delaying blog entries to where they end up being updates rather than thoughts. My goal is to move toward more thoughts, shared much more often in 2009.
That’s about it for now. More thoughts to come…
Matt
