Flying from Seattle to Nashville on Saturday coming back from the mission trip in Canada was an awesome flight.  As I walked onto the plane, I looked to my left and saw the Newsboys sitting there!  If that wasn’t cool enough, Phil Joel (who used to play with the Newsboys but is now a solo [...]

I’m home in Baltimore now.  We returned at about 11:00pm, then had to adjust to the time change, then be at the church at 7:00am!  I slept all afternoon and now I’m awake enough to finish these thoughts.
After doing ministry in Canada for a week, here’s what I learned:
-God is the God of all nations.  [...]

Today I experienced something I never have before, and it’s something I’ll never forget.  On our week of mission work in Richmond, Canada, we visited some temples today on what is called the “Highway to Heaven.”  We visited a Hindu temple, a Siek temple, a Muslim mosque (although it was not open), and a Buddhist [...]

One more day of ministry done now in Richmond, Canada.  Today brought some new experiences since our schedule changed a little bit.  There’s beautiful weather here- probably in the 60s with some breezes.  They measure everything in Celsius, so I don’t know what the temperature was in Fahrenheit.  But it is very nice.  Today was [...]

So we’ve been here 3 full days in Richmond, Canada, and have had many opportunities to meet people, work with kids, and take advantage of sporadic opportunities to show the love of Jesus to people here.  Everyone is still in good shape and things are going well.
This morning was more VBS.  There were 5 kids [...]

It’s Monday night, 8:30 as I write now to update you of the things happening with Bethel’s mission team in Richmond, Canada. I’m back at the hotel now after the second full day here, and the first full ministry day. Everyone is doing well, things are going well, and it looks like it [...]

This is the first of posts that I’ll be updating this week as I write about the happenings of Bethel’s mission team in Richmond, Canada.
The 10 of us have arrived safely after a long Saturday of travel.  Right now, it’s 7:20am here, but 10:20 where I’m used to.  We’re in the hotel getting ready to [...]