welcome to our blog. We thank you for stopping by and checking out who we are and what we are doing. This is where you’ll be able to follow us on our
trip this next year. We will be sharing our experiences through stories
and pictures. If you have any questions, please send us an email by
clicking the Contact Us link! Enjoy!
Who are we?
We are Chad and Leslie Jowers from Greenville, SC. We are fun, crazy, and sold out in love with Jesus Christ. We love anything that involves God’s creation and being able to enjoy what we so often pass over and forget about. Throw an adventure at us, and we are on it like green on beans. Now, That’s only the surface of who we are so please click on the Jows: about us link to the left to read more about us.
What are we doing?
This next year we will be trekking around the world to 11 countries
in 11 months on a program called The World Race. We are abandoning comfort zones and
everything we have become comfortable with for a year. This means
leaving family, friends, jobs and our lifestyle back home. On
this journey we will be traveling alongside a group of 5 other brothers and
sisters in Christ. We’ll be living simply out of our backpacks and our
purpose is to give as we go. We’ll be building a community with one
another so that we may radiate Christ’s love for others through our
ability to serve as a family and a team. We’ll be staying in churches
and often times camping out. Jesus walked among the poor, the broken,
the sick……and so that’s what we’ll be doing. For more information
on the World Race please click on this link: The World Race.
Why are we going?
How can you get involved?
There are many ways you can get involved in our ministry. Prayer is a
huge part of our life. We always need prayer for focus, health,
and peace in all that we are doing. We are always looking for prayer warriors, so
please contact us at [email protected] for specific prayer requests.
We are still in need of financial support. We have been extremely blessed
by those giving so far but we are still well away from our goal of $27,600
that it takes to support our year long ministry. You can donate by
clicking the link on the left about Supporting Us Financially!
Lastly please spread the word about our ministry and the World Race
program. Share this link with non-believers, brothers and sisters in
the faith and of course keep checking updates often yourselves. To
spread the word to your email contacts just click Tell Someone About Us on
the left. To
get alerts sent straight into your email click Receive Updates on the left.
To
follow our stories, pictures, and overall experience, please look to the
left for our blog articles. Click on the Recent Posts for the latest few blogs
and Archive for older ones. Enjoy and God Bless!!
among his papers in Zimbabwe after he was martyred”
I’m a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. The die has
been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I’m a
disciple of His … and I will NOT look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be
still.
My past is redeemed. My present makes sense. My future is
secure. I am done and finished with low living, sight walking, small planning,
smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed visions, mundane talking, cheap living,
and dwarfed goals.
I NO longer need preeminence, prosperity, position, promotions,
plaudits, or popularity. I do NOT have to be rewarded. I live by faith, lean on
His presence, walk by patience, lift by prayer, and labor by the power of the
Holy Spirit.
My face is set. My gait is fast. My goal is heaven. My road
may be narrow, my way rough, my companions few, but my Guide is reliable and my
mission is clear.
I will NOT be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away,
turned back, deluded or delayed.
I will NOT flinch in the face of sacrifice or hesitate in the
presence of the adversary. I will NOT negotiate at the table of the enemy,
ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity.
I will NOT give up, shut up, or let up until I have stayed
up, stored up, prayed up, paid up and preached for the cause of Christ!
I am a disciple of Jesus. I must give until I drop, preach
until all know, and work until He comes. And when He does come for His own, He’ll
have no problems recognizing. My colors will be clear!
This
is our prayer for His guidance in our life.
Deo Gloria
FROM CHAD AND LESLIE
We have no clue what we are doing but we must say thank you
to everyone for prayer and financial support. We could not be doing God’s will
without any of you. Please continue to pray for us as we seek what the Lord is
sending us to do with this amazing team of Cross-eyed servants. We live to
serve Him and we know they do as well.
Listed below is our route of all of the places we are set
to go as of right now. Please take the time to browse our page and, if so
inclined, sign-up for e-mail updates! or support us prayerfully and
financially!
IrelandIreland boasts a heritage of Christianity through Catholicism. Yet
the lifeless display of faith reveals that this nation is farther from
God than ever. Rampant alcoholism and suicide rates reveal a desperate
need for hope. Through sports, children’s outreach, and the
relationships that just happen along the way, World Race hopes to
reintroduce a life-giving faith to this beautiful, historic culture.
RomaniaThe northern regions of Romania are home to the gypsy people of
Romania. Strangers in their home land, they are segregated, ostracized
and forgotten. Yet, they are a strong, proud and colorful people who
are beginning to embrace the light of Christ in a whole new way.
Teaching English, leading sports camps, and planting churches are but a
few of the tasks set before us as we enter this area of the world.
EgyptEgypt is a country rich in historical significance. The Egyptian
people are no less rich in their cultural goings-on today. A country
shaped by the past and under religious bondage, the people of Egypt are
hungry to hear of the freedom brought through Christ. While pyramids
and palaces give the land a romanticized veneer, under the surface lie
hearts in need of relationship and hope.
The Holy Land attracts Jews, Arabs and Christians alike to be a part of
a location so rich in our combined religious roots. Serve the people
of Israel while walking the paths trod by Christ. Serve in this new
World Race location while walking the paths that Christ Jesus once did.
KenyaThe Masai bush, the Nairobi metropolis, the Kiberra slums…comprise a
country diverse yet unified in history. The Kenyan people are
colorful, musical, artistic and hungry for the love of Christ. As a
new era dawns in Kenya, so does the Gospel of truth and faith. By
meeting felt needs in the bush and the city, we hope to leave lasting
fruit and lasting ministries to carry on beyond us. Watch more…
UgandaFrom the Ugandan islands to the base of Mount Kilimanjaro, the African
people of these nations share a common bond. Through the wild lands,
home to Africa’s “Big Five” animals coexist people, reached and
unreached with the Gospel of Christ. Through evangelism, church
planting and discipleship, we will be a part of a movement to further
the kingdom of God in this precious region of the world. Read more…
During your World Race, your team will take a month to “Ask the Lord”
for a new mission field. He may lead you to a location developing,
growing and booming or He may lead you to a land untouched by the World
Race or even Christianity as a whole. It will be a time to listen to
the voice of the Lord and, with true abandon, follow Him into the wild
blue yonder.
VietnamLeaving the Caribbean, the team will cross the Pacific and land in a
whole new world. The country of Vietnam has been under communist rule
for decades and the oppression has taken its toll through seasons of
warfare and rebuilding. The government is adamantly against religious
freedom and as the country suffers in Buddhist bondage, the light of
the Christian remnant shines as a candle in the darkness. Read more…
Cambodia
Fifty years ago, Cambodia saw one of the most devastating genocides in
history. The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people – 1/3 of
the country’s population at the time. In 24 hours cities were emptied,
left to be ghost towns. The nation has been in constant upheaval until
recently. The strength and resiliency of the Cambodian people is
inspiring. Be a part of holding orphans, born into a new era; meeting
felt needs in some of the worst slums in the world; and church planting
with an adolescent generation on the verge of religious revolution. Read more…
Thailandestimated that nearly 2 million women and men engage in this practice
daily thus creating the lucrative sex industry of Southeast Asia. In
addition to reaching out to the rural communities of Thailand, we go to
the streets, into the darkest of spiritual environments to share what
is most needed: hope. By helping women learn practical vocational
skills and providing an alternative form of income, the face of
Thailand’s premiere sex industry is being changed one life at a time. Watch more…
