We’re Approved!

This afternoon, Jenny and I received a call informing us that the IMB’s Board of Trustees subcommittee voted to recommend we be appointmented as IMB missionaries. We are ecstatic! And now the scary part really begins .

The Vote

Today is the day for the subcommittee of the IMB’s Board of Trustees’ vote to accept or reject my family for international missionary service in Bolivia. Pray for us today. I will try and post this evening once we’ve heard from them (we will hear from them later this afternoon).

Praise God!

One more email from the IMB:
URGENT PRAYER UPDATEINTERNATIONAL MISSION BOARDJANUARY 29, 2007
WEST AFRICA. God is clearly at work in the life of an 8-year-old West African girl who was accidentally hit by an IMB missionary’s vehicle on Friday, January 26. Immediately after the accident, the child appeared to be seriously injured. She began to be [...]

Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Video of Santa Cruz 
I have no idea what these guys are saying in Spanish, but I think (from other pictures I’ve seen) that this is Plaza 24 de Septiembre in Santa Cruz.

An Evening on the Town

Yesterday was the most activity my family has seen on a single day since before Elijah was born. First of all, everyone went to both Sunday School and Church. It was Jen and Elijah’s first time since his birth. All seemed to go well, even with Jenny having to manage both Elijah [...]

Thank you for Praying

Look what was in my inbox tonight:

URGENT PRAYERINTERNATIONAL MISSION BOARDJANUARY 27, 2007
WEST AFRICA. “Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He sent forth his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave. Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love [...]

Join me in Prayer

A few minutes ago, I received this email from the prayer strategy office of the International Mission board:
URGENT PRAYERINTERNATIONAL MISSION BOARDJANUARY 26, 2007
WEST AFRICA. On the afternoon of January 26, our West Africa Office received word that one of our missionary families was traveling in West Africa when their vehicle struck a local 8-year-old girl. [...]

Pray for Next Tuesday

Next Tuesday, January 30, the sub-committee of the IMB Board of Trustees will be meeting to vote on our application to be approved as IMB missionaries to Santa Cruz, Bolivia. While this is not our actual appointment, this is the “ya” or “nay” point for us in the appointment process. Please pray for [...]

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

Over the past couple months, I have been teaching on Spiritual Disciplines on Wednesday nights based on the book, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life by Donald S. Whitney. I completed the series last night with a lesson on “persevering in the disciplines”, the same way Whitney concludes the book. In thinking about [...]

Upcoming Post

In the coming days (or weeks), I plan to post an article entitled, “Why I’m a Southern Baptist.” My purpose in this post is to do something that I think is needed from time to time… someone to say something nice about their church/denomination. I could write an article about my church but [...]