So we’ve been having an amazing time in LA this past week. First of all, we won. Then we got to do tons of fun things like eat American food, meet Bob Barker, ride Space Mountain, and view the real red carpet outside of the oscars. There are some great stories in all of that, but because of the lack of computers here at the Dream Center, I will save the stories for sometime this week from Hong Kong. Pray for us as we travel out tomorrow. It will be a long flight, and a big culture shock. We could certainly use some good intercession from the home front.
Okay, I will leave you with one quick but awesome story. We are staying at the Dream Center here in LA. It’s an old hospital turned into a major ministry center. My first ever mission trip was to this very place 7 years ago. Can you believe it? The same building, the same rooms, and the same ministry. It’s such a flashback. The whole time I’ve been in LA I’ve been thinking about that first trip so long ago. Still, it wasn’t until last night that I had a major revelation. I first received the call into full-time ministry and to Emmanuel College when I was here at the Dream Center years ago. That’s right, every moment since the last time I was here as brought me here…back to the Dream Center in LA. I was just stunned at the thought of God’s grace in all this. Where would I be if that hadn’t occurred? What other path would I have chosen for myself? My life would be different in ways that I could never imagine. My friends would be different. I would probably have some paying job right now if God hadn’t spoken so clearly to me in the service at this church.
But here I am. God’s grace has carried me through years of amazing events and trying times. He’s brought me here, to the World Race. It’s all in His purpose and in His plan. I’m blessed to be a part of it all really, and I can’t dream of my life being different. It all started here, and 7 years later, I can see more of that big picture. My prayer is that over the rest of this trip God would reveal more of His plan for me. That I would be burdered for something in particular. That my ministry will get focused. Thanks for everything. Thanks for your prayers and for your support. Thanks for believing that God has great plans for all of us World Racers. Pray for us as we continue on, and pray that God will just pour out more of Himself on us as we go.
