Month: July 2011
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back from Ecuador
I apologize for the lack of blog posts here lately. In the jungle, I did not have as much access to the internet as I had hoped. I will begin posting pics and videos regularly over this next week. Here is our mission team from this year’s trip. It was such a good trip. Life-changing…
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llegamos! we here!
We made it! The nine of us are here safely in Quito, Ecuador. Our Howard Johnson hotel is so nice. I am going to bed now at 830, I am so tired. I have already eaten my favorite ice cream Coco! I also already had me a humita. And I already had some ceviche with…
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how can you be both?
In Psalm 86, David makes two statements back-to-back that are hard at first to understand together. Here are verses 1 & 2 of Psalm 86: “Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you– you are…
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No wonder people aren’t happy
Are you blessed (content and happy)? In Luke 6, Jesus gives 4 types of people who are blessed: the poor (v.20) the hungry (v.21) those who weep (v.21) those who are hated, excluded, reviled, and spurned What in the world is he talking about? Is Jesus crazy? John MacArthur says “everything he taught was so…
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speak like you know
We need more people sharing this message. Talk like you mean it… or believe it.