I’ve shared bits and pieces of the story of the soccer camp in different blogs, tweets and talks but I wanted to pull it together for you so you don’t have to connect the dots. In so doing I want to give God the credit he deserves. He does stuff like this all the time and all too often after he answers our prayers we just go right on without proclaiming–It’s a miracle!
After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from every nation and tribe and people and language, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb. Revelation 7:9 When we get to heaven we are going to experience community like never before. We will be in the presence of the Trinity, God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. There we will be with our brothers and sisters of every race, tribe and people.
During my latest trip to Asia to lead a Soccer Camp for Project Partner I was constantly conscious of drinking enough water. The temperatures were in the 90s and the humidity was high. I started most days with a four mile run and then during the day we were on the fields exerting a lot of energy so I needed to rehydrate frequently.
I just returned from a nearly two week long mission trip to Asia so I have a bit of jet lag as I write but I want to share something that never gets old. I have a tendency to think and feel that I can never do enough. For instance, on this trip I would say it was one of the most fulfilling and rewarding trips ever and that we say God move in very tangible ways. I’ve seen more progress in the last two years than in the last five.
I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. Matt 16:18 Jesus told us His church would be victorious. Sometimes when we read this verse we think of the word “church” in an institutional way.
We completed our soccer camp hosted by Project Partner. We had 75+/- high school players for the first ever camp hosted by our partners in Asia. The weather was blazing hot the first two days with high humidity.
I shared a message in the Frazzled Family series at Indian Creek Olathe on the subject of Making Memories in our Families that last Forever. Here it is in case you missed it there:
And God said, ‘Let us make man in our image.’ Gen 1:26 Everything started w community. God is three in one, Father, Son and Spirit. The use of the plural in Gen 1 reminds us that we were created out of community and made for community.
Several weeks ago I spoke at the Gardner campus on Forgiveness as a part of the Frazzled Family. I thought I would share it here. Forgiveness is a subject we need to hit regularly to have healthy relationships.
Our team is assembled! We arrived at different times from different places but we spend yesterday hanging out, team building, shopping and sight seeing in Hong Kong. I think God put this team together in a great way.