As of today - April 30th

I've been doing a lot of traveling over the last week. I was up in L.A. and Orange County to meet with a lot of friends and supporters three days out of last week and also made quite a few trips to downtown San Diego. This week will prove, I think, to be as busy or even busier.

It was great to be with friends at Resurrection (San Marcos) yesterday and to say a lot of my goodbyes. I gave a sermon on Psalm 100, and I pray the Holy Spirit continues to embed his Word of praise in our hearts this week.

Thanks for all of your prayers!

As of today - April 23rd

Happy Feast Day of St. George :o)

Things are moving along quickly when it comes to my mission to Belize. I have tickets to exit Southern California in the first week of May to spend time with my parents, and then on May 18th I am flying to Belize. It's all been very snappy.

Thanks be to God, I have an apartment already reserved for me in Belize, and there will be relatively little to pack up in a couple of weeks when it comes time for me to head out.

This coming Sunday (April 29) I will be preaching at Resurrection (San Marcos), and saying again goodbye to my wonderful and super-supportive sending church. It's going to be bittersweet.

Please keep me in your prayers as I do all of the logistical things necessary to get out of here, especially the things that I don't necessarily care for: filling out expense reports, shopping for clothes, and driving driving driving.

A new chapter - Belize!

It has been practically a year since I have posted news on my website, though that has not meant that there have not been happenings, major events, and legitimate news in my life. Things actually got pretty dramatic by the end of 2011. But I've turned a page in ministry and missions, and I'm on to a new chapter which may prove to be quite challenging and exciting.

In February 2012, I sat down with SAMS to debrief, and they asked if I might be interested in heading to Belize as a help and support to two SAMS missionaries already there on the ground: Juan and María Marentes. After praying about it and consulting with my core advisory team here in the States, we decided it would be good to continue to look into this medium-term placement. In March I went for a week to visit San Ignacio, Belize, and upon returning we decided that the Lord was calling me to serve with them for a time. And my plan is to be there as soon as mid May of this year: just four weeks away.

So, I've come to a new chapter, symbolized somewhat in a new website, a new style, and new direction as the Lord continues to reveal his call upon my life. I ask you to keep me in your prayers, and keep checking back in with me, either via the website or via email, to see how I'm doing and what God is doing in my ministry here.

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