Changes!

I hereby interrupt a series of blogs to note a number of changes
that have been made to this program:

–What would have been a week of boot camp immediately
before heading to South Africa
(on September 9, 2009) has
been moved to August 6-11. The intention behind this is to give the
team more
time to process and prepare at home after camp before heading out.

–What would have been three and a half months of discipleship
training, or “The Awakening,” has been moved from South
Africa to Matamoros, Mexico.
The allotted time for this is two months, and we will be joined
with what was the Latin America team.

–What would have been outreach teams of roughly a dozen
people have been minimized to groups of five or six. This is huge
— because it has opened doors for missionaries in places other than South
Africa to host us due to smaller
team sizes.

As a result of these changes, I may end up somewhere different
than what I originally signed up for — but I am more than alright with
that. I did not commit to a nation; I committed to my God.

Trust in the Lord, and do good;

Dwell in the land, and cultivate
faithfulness.

Delight yourself in the Lord,

And He will give you the desires
of your heart.

Commit your way to the Lord;

Trust also in Him, and He will do
it.

And He will bring forth

Your righteousness as the light,

And your judgment as the noonday.

Rest in the Lord

And wait patiently for Him.

–Psalm 37:3-7a

I am honestly stoked about these changes! The
changes themselves excite me — but beyond that, I love the fact that God
is being followed and changes are being made this far along in the
process!

Great is the Lord, and greatly to
be praised,

His greatness is unsearchable.

One generation shall commend Your
works to another,

And shall declare Your mighty
acts.

On the glorious splendor of Your
majesty,

And on Your wondrous works,

I will meditate.

They shall speak of the might of
Your awesome deeds,

And I will declare Your
greatness.

They shall pour forth the fame of
Your abundant goodness

And shall sing aloud of Your
righteousness.

The Lord is gracious and
merciful,

Slow to anger and abounding in
steadfast love.

The Lord is good to all,

And His mercy is over all that He
has made.

 

–Psalm 145:3-7