This is a very exciting moment for me. You see, this is my very first post on the blog I’ll be using to chronicle our adventures during the 11 months of
Adventures in Missions’ first-ever World Race. It’s a test-drive of sorts, but it’s also something of a christening; I feel like kicking the tires and breaking a bottle over the bow, all at once.
Adventures in Missions’ first-ever World Race. It’s a test-drive of sorts, but it’s also something of a christening; I feel like kicking the tires and breaking a bottle over the bow, all at once.
I guess I should start with a little about me.
I live in Sacramento with Katherine, my wonderful wife and ministry partner for the last 6 and a half years. We moved here from Southern California after graduating from USC, where we met, became friends, and fell in love. Our marriage is an incredible blessing from God, and I couldn’t imagine tackling a trip like the World Race without my Ever-Lovin’ Wife by my side. (Check out her personal blog, Still Small Voice.)
Professionally, I’ve spent the last six years working in and around the California Legislature. I’ve worked for various State Senators, the Assembly Republican Caucus, the State Board of Education, and even Governor Schwarzenegger. But none of these jobs means anything to me compared with the opportunity to seek and serve the Lord. It’s my desire that this trip would be my segue into full-time ministry.
Katherine and I have led a junior high youth group together for the last five years, through which we have become increasingly engrossed in youth ministry. Now we work in both junior high and high school, and though we have no children of our own, we feel as though we have twenty of ’em. And they’re all
teenagers!
Yikes!!
teenagers!
Yikes!!
Our hearts have burned to be a part of the World Race from the moment we heard about it. This is actually one way we knew it was from the Lord, because we don’t have a lot of missions experience, nor are we world travelers. We’re simply people who love the Lord, and who are willing to do whatever it takes to serve Him.
If you want to know more about me, you can read my personal blog, Cognitive Dissonance, by clicking here.
I hope this blog encourages and challenges you in the months to come. Please pray for us as we make our final preparations over this last month in the States, and stay tuned for all of the exciting World Race action!
Let the Race Begin!!
