I am presently in Chaing
Mai, Thailand.
All of the men from our squad are
spending the month doing what we call “ministry.” That is exactly what you would imagine it to
be. We are leaving our teams and coming
together as men to go camping and hiking through the northern tribes of Thailand. We will be in the wilderness for the next ten
days just being real with ourselves and the others we come in contact with. I am really excited about this time because we
will have a chance to really see each other as we are. I hope it is a time free of smoke and mirrors
where we can be raw and vulnerable with one another.
I am confident that when this process is over some of us
will be changed in a dramatic form. I
think many of us will leave with a greater understanding of who we have been
created to be! I think when this month
is over we will know that we are just like the men this scripture describes.
1 Chronicles 12: They
were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear.
Their faces were the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles in the
mountains.
I am confident that one thing that the world needs is MEN,
real MEN who know their identity and embrace the importance of being who they
are created to be! I am confident that
every man that was created was created by God with the intent of being strong,
brave, bold, sensitive, caring and above all LOVING. I think our society emasculates men. This month we have the opportunity to go and retrieve
our manhood. We are with a group of men
who will affirm us and help us to view ourselves as God created us not as
American culture has shaped us.
This endeavor will be challenging yet rewarding and I am
excited at the opportunity to spend a month with these men!
