Snow blanketing the Bridgers last week
I returned to Colorado a few days ago after taking a roadtrip with Summer, one of my teammates from the World Race, through Wyoming and Montana while visiting amazing friends along the way. Winter hit last week, blanketing the Northern Rockies with a fresh coat of snow on the plains and dumping snow in the mountains while pushing temperatures into the single digits. Heading up through Montana only to leave a few days later was really tough; this place seems like home to me more than anywhere else. And yet for now I think God has me in Colorado as I look forward to preparing for more discipleship and character building with leaders and coaches from Adventures in Missions, the organization that runs the World Race.
I’ve recently been accepted into the G42 Leadership Academy in Spain, a school that puts me under more amazing men of God that long to show us more of the heart of God and push us to continue to lead in sharing God throughout the nations. G42 has been on my heart for almost a year now, and God continues to give me a heart for sharing Him in ways I don’t completely understand yet. My heart burns to share Him in both the United States and in developing nations around the world; I want people to see His life, love, and truth! And I’m now taking another step of faith that being a part of this school for the next six months is more of the preparation the Lord has for me in this quest to share Him.
I’m beginning the support raising process once again for the Winter Term which begins this January. If you could be praying and considering supporting me once again, that would be amazing! I’ll be raising around $7000 for the six months, trusting that God will once again provide in His timing and ways!
If you do want to support me financially, head to http://www.g42leadershipacademy.org/donate and click on “Intern Support” where you can enter credit card or bank information first, and then my name during the second step. This is an entirely different account than for the World Race, so please don’t go through the same website or mailing address as you may have used for the World Race; all funds send to the World Race account can’t be transfered to the school.
Thanks so much for all of you who continue to listen, provide encouragement, and have and continue to provide financial support. I’ll be posting more information about the school here soon…and what God is continuing to do!
– Joel
