Faithfulness to Orphans

It is such a blessing to report that in 2007, the college ministry sent $683.60 to the JENIOSO Orphanage in Kericho, Kenya! If you recall, their rent is only $40/mo and they lacked beds for the majority of the orphans - in fact, many were sleeping on stacks of cardboard. This means we gave them nearly $57/mo which would cover their monthly rent and other purchases they needed to make LIKE BEDS! Way to go you guys! Thanks for your faithfulness! You are wonderful, generous people! Keep it up!

Plus, I’ve already sent$179 this year and it’s only February 20th!

Here is a picture to remind you of the kids!

 

No Parking

Well it’s been 20 days since somebody has posted … so i will be the one to break to fast.

As I was sitting down in front of my computer five minutes ago, at 12:30 on October 23, 2007, I had this horrible feeling in my stomach. And it wasn’t from eating a value menu crispy chicken sandwich, a small chili, and 1 1/2 junior bacon cheeseburgers from Wendy’s this afternoon. It wasn’t from drinking a soda everyday this month with seems to be giving me some kind of acid reflux disease. No, it was a pain that comes from being stuck. Stuck in Life. Going through the same routine day in and day out, month in and month out. And It’s not a good routine. For the second time this semester I have a Government test to do online, it is due tomorrow at noon, and I haven’t opened the book since I took the last test a month ago. I feel like i’m setting a record for not reading the bible. I’m not sure how to pray, or I don’t know if I can, because it feels like God is far away. I’m always procrastinating. Can’t start a “diet”. can’t seem to save money. Can’t do anything good for more than 2 days in a row. blah blah blah. Basically, I’m Parked. I’ve been parked in the same spot for a while.

The worst part about it is that I’m in a “No Parking” Zone. God hasn’t called us to get saved, grow in him, get a place where we feel comfortable, and then park our cars. No, He has called us to “Throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” (Hebrews 12:1 b). If you are a Christ Follower you should never be parked, not even pulled off to the side of the road, just keep driving, growing, learning, and sharing.

I’m going to go turn on the car, put it in gear, and drive off like I’m being chased by the PoPos. (aka read the bible…specifically Galatians).

on a side note. I got a parking ticket in Memphis, Tennessee while I was visiting Ben Killerlain. RIDICULOUS.

harry

 

Claire Meckler

This coming Sunday morning, as a part of the missions conference at Scofield, we along with the junior high, senior high, and family class, will meet in the amphitheater to hear Claire Meckler, a missionary in Ethiopia. Here’s a paraphrased quote from her which speaks of her missional lifestyle and application of what she knows toward spreading the Gospel: “I’m a nurse here in the US, but over in Ethiopia, I’m the doctor of the town. We do everything from delivering babies to pulling out leaches from people’s throats.” Sunday morning, she’ll tell her story.  Even if you’re not a missionary there, you should be a missionary here.  Her story will help you apply this value so it becomes functional.

 

Called to Craftsmanship by Os Hillman

Then the Lord said to Moses, ”See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts-to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of craftsmanship. ~ Exodus 31:1-5 Bezalel was called by God to perform a most important work for Him. I am sure that Bezalel believed that he was naturally gifted with his hands to make fine crafts with gold, silver, and bronze. He probably did not associate it with God’s work. But the Scripture tells us that God chose him and filled him with God’s Spirit to enable him. Does God call men and women into their vocations to fulfill His purposes - to fulfill that which needs to be accomplished throughout the world? Have you ever thought about how many occupations there are in the world? How did that balance of interest among each human throughout the world happen? Did it just happen? Was it by chance that we have only so many doctors, only so many accountants, only so many geologists? Your interest in your vocation is not born of your own making. So many workplace believers and even pastors have made the mistake of encouraging us who have a deep desire to walk with Christ in the workplace to pursue vocational ministry. To remove us from the workplace where the greatest harvest is yet to occur would be to remove us from where God called us. Do not take this bait. Serve the Lord in the workplace where He has gifted you and called you. I almost made this same mistake when God drew me to Himself when I was 28 years old. I concluded that I must be called to be a pastor. I took steps to fulfill this by leaving my job and entering a Bible school for training. Upon completion, I took a job as an assistant pastor in a church. But God’s mercy allowed me to be removed from that position only three months into it. I was “forced back into business,” where God wanted me in the first place. It was a great lesson. I was never cut out to be a pastor in a church, but a “pastor” in the workplace. © Copyright 2000 Os Hillman. www.marketplaceleaders.org To contact author: os@marketplaceleaders.org

 

College Game Night

 

answer

the answer to who wrote this quote …
Clive Staples (C.S. Lewis) via Wormwood in Screwtape Letters?  great quote, huh? sobering. wormwood’s right. he’s got me figured out, but the Lord knows me better (Psalm 139). if i don’t stay focused on Christ, I easily think that darkness and evil are too powerful and its much simpler to give in to it. “you become what you think about all day long” as pastor matthew says.