Missions Seminar

We attended a seminar designed to help candidates for international mission service understand some of the job duties and life changes. It was an awesome experience. After a long day at work, I headed over and sat down to hear how God may choose to use us. Wow!! There is so much going on around the world in the area of reaching lost people that we as busy Americans never stop to find out about.

In the past we may have tried to duplicate what we have here and what seems familiar to Americans involving programs and structures. Now the emphasis is on being strategic about reaching a particular people group in a way that allows that people group to own the task of reaching itself. The role of the missionary is to lead them to Christ and allow Christ to draw them to him and reach more.

Alright, I know this is too much detail and may not even make sense, but suffice it to say that we are even more excited about what God is doing and how we hope that He involves us in it.

It is an awesome thing that God is at work and wants us to have a part as His hands, feet and mouthpiece.

Meet Sally

This is Sally. I have joined Josh in taking horse riding lessons. My inner 7 year old is overjoyed at this, but my outer 33 year old knows the pain required to learn this new hobby. Sally is a 6 year old who enjoys taking off when I'd rather her walk. She has a slight aversion to going where I intend. Let me say that I am loving it. From cleaning hooves to saddling up, this is as cool as I ever imagined it could be. The first lesson, I made some errors that Josh was quick to point out on the way home. Getting critiqued by my 7 year old was a new, fun experience. He is loving being better at something that his dad.


I long ago gave up the idea of horse riding as a child, but have found out that it isn't too late to try that childhood fantasy after all. I will be able to check this off the "Wish I'd Done List."

Check out http://www.ridingpals.com/ for more info on horse lessons.