Month: May 2017

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May 2017 Haiti Visit

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  In May 2017, my friend Bob Mayo and I traveled with 9-year-old Ephram Surber, our translator and “team leader,” to Montrouis, Haiti, to work with and document some of the work of Supply and Multiply, a ministry in that town for which I serve on the board of directors. By the grace of God, Supply and Multiply, in partnership with One Heart, 2 Homes, built and operates one home for the elderly in Montrouis and is in the process of completing a second one. We are also blessed to be able to provide a boat for a local fisherman, one … Continue reading May 2017 Haiti Visit

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Preserving love (even when we’re little snots)

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  Jonah, the negative example of how our relationship with God should work Our story so far: Called to go to Nineveh, one of Israel’s great enemies, and warn them of God’s coming wrath Ran away and took a boat headed for Tarshish, in Spain, the farthest point west that known to Israel Great storm Sailors pray to their gods, and Jonah slept The captain calls Jonah to the prayer meeting, but there’s no evidence he prays Jonah says they should throw him overboard, because he is the reason God has brought this storm The sailors do so only after … Continue reading Preserving love (even when we’re little snots)

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Get out of the pew

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  I leave for a weeklong visit to Haiti this week, and the past few days have been a flurry of packing, shopping online and in stores for supplies my small group will take for the work we have planned there, scheduling projects and visits in the town of Montrouis and trying to get caught up on my work to the degree necessary to allow me to be gone for the week. I have a feeling I’ll be tired when I leave and exhausted when I return. And yet, I can hardly wait. Something happened to me in Haiti during … Continue reading Get out of the pew