Going. Obeying. And Making Much of Christ to the World
Hey, here’s some video from the “Abrazos Gratis” (free hugs) portion of Serve the City! Unfortunately some of the clips I got didn’t end up surviving, like some of the way cute ones of Kelsey. But I still got some good stuff here I think you’ll enjoy seeing (and I certainly enjoyed documenting). Some of [...]
Hey, here’s another update from Uruguay…yay! So shortly after arriving in Montevideo, Serve the City launched strong into our first service project — a couple of solid days of good, hard work painting doors, windows and walls at something called a “CAIF”. Matt explained that this is basically an inner-city children’s center run by the local [...]
So it’s taken me a few days to get this edited and uploaded (thanks to a super-busy schedule). But alas, here’s a short video I’d consider kind of a sampler platter of our first couple of days in Mission Montevideo 2011. You’ll enjoy: loopy airport conversation, sword fighting with a Frenchman, round-house kicks spontaneous, unbridled [...]
Note from JP: I asked Matt if he’d be so kind as to pen a few thoughtful words for us from his perspective on this mission trip and our part in Serve the City. I love his way with words. And so he did…Enjoy! Community is messy. Mission is messy. The cross was messy. Those [...]
Holy mama, here we go. It feels like crazy madness that a whole year’s just flown right by since last year’s mission trip to the Southlands. But the fact is, 12 months have indeed zipped by. And here I find myself,once again commandeering the corner of Matt and Toni Daniel’s kitchen table with my laptop, thinking through [...]
Prayer warriors, Thank you for supporting and praying the team and me through our Uruguay Mission Trip. As hard as it was to be sick overseas and feel out of commission, I can look back on that part of the trip and thank the Lord that His ways are higher than mine. He allowed me [...]
So I’m really only posting this because when I mentioned it briefly in another post, a number of folks really wanted to see it. The Stage, in a Nutshell… After a number of days serving the city (Montevideo) Matt had asked Coca (STC team leader) to plan a “Fun Night” for the volunteers at the [...]
So here we are back in Memphis, decompressing and trying to fall back into the general groove of things after 2 weeks of awesomeness in Montevideo, Uruguay with Matt and Toni Daniels. Wow, what an experience… Our time was rich and chocked-full of challenging, new experiences — experiences that are now compelling me to live [...]
It is quieter here tonight. Chopin is coming out of the speakers. It is probably 95 degrees in Memphis, where Karen, Kathy, Randall, Brenda, and JP are sorting through inboxes, voice mails, catching up on things left behind. Here its colder than it was. They are calling for snow on Friday. A half an hour [...]
Well, the end is almost here. We’re sitting, quite cold, in the Chile Airport. I knew that I needed to share at least one experience with you before I sat back and collected all my thoughts from the last 12 days. First of all, it’s been so encouraging to read everyone’s comments and I appreciate [...]
