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Camp Chacauco
Here is a picture of the Mountain Camp in Patate, Ecuador. It is called Camp Chacauco. This is where we worked last year. This year we worked at its “sister” camp in the Jungle.
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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.
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the 12 apostles
Do you know who the 12 apostles are? If you were to stop right now and think, could you name them? Surely you know Peter and Andrew, James and John, maybe Matthew, Philip and Thomas too. But do you know the rest of the 12? The 12 apostles are important. They were the men hand-chosen…
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‘mystery’ in the Bible
Michael Wilcock writes this helpful paragraph on the use of the word ‘mystery’ in the New Testament: “A very cursory study of the New Testament use of the word ‘mystery’ shows that it does not there carry its usual modern sense of ‘puzzle’. It is indeed something hidden, but not in such a way that…
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how do you approach a major decision?
Lots of people in our world today struggle with decision making. (Lebron’s “Decision” last summer) It is not uncommon for you to hear someone say “I hate choices.” Or “I hate having to make decisions.” Decisions are often very hard to make. Especially when there are major ramifications to what you decide. Well in Luke…
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slip n slide
Yesterday the heat index was up into the high 90s. It was hot. So the boys and I made some slip n slide fun. You can check out 3 different videos on http://joshjr.blogspot.com/