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Jacob Hoyer, June 2010 World Race squad leader emeritus and October 2008 World Race alumnus,
- proposed to Erin Winget, October 2008 World Race alumna and World Race staff (she accepted);
- traveled 400+ miles;
- participated in AIM’s first prophetic conference, “Stirred”;
- went to a wedding; and
- went to a funeral
in the past three weeks.
He’s been coaching the current squad leaders of the June 2010 World Race from afar since he returned to the States at the end of September. It’s been over a year since he and his first squad finished the Race; but God is still at work within and through him. Jacob is proof that short-term missions makes a lasting impact.
After sharing about some of the transformation taking place within some of the June 2010 World Racers,Jacob writes:
I believe the Lord does big things in a moment. I believe new definitions of love, of happiness, and of identity are going to carry these folks to higher heights and to deeper places with the Lord. But we won’t really know what that looks like for a while now.I was with these people in some of their moments of greatest triumph, when the Lord did things they never thought possible. But I’m more excited to be connected to them when the weight and potential of those revelations begin to come to fruition. . .. . .When I was on the Race from October 08 to September 09 I received big revelation in moments like those above. God broke off pain and hurt and confusion that had been lingering for years. The weight of those moments and the subsequent revelation has played out over two years. And that’s the miracle I’m trying to share.. . . we have relegated God’s miraculous power to something that is far from us. We believe God can make a change in a moment, we’re just not sure if we’ll ever get to see it happen.People: I am living proof that God is changing the lives of ordinary people every day. The Life Abundant is within your reach. And that’s the truth I want you to know more than any other.I love to serve our ministry partners around the world. They are doing great work. But my heart is for you. I want to see a change in your life.I believe in you more than you do yourself.
Go to Jacob’s blog to see how He connects God’s love and Dirty Dancing, and how we need to act on what we believe despite what we feel.
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