New Sending Project Opportunity: Poland

The Sending Project is adding "Poland: PROeM" to its lineup of mission projects. One of The Sending Project alliance churches, Cedar Ridge Christian (Lenexa, KS), has a strong connection with PROeM, and is putting it in the mix of Sending Project opportunities. I had the privilege to learn more about PROeM this weekend, and to have lunch with two of its leaders, Rafal and Agnieszka Piekarski. They pastor the church that PROeM has launched in Poland. We are very blessed to be able to offer a couple of mission trip opportunities for you to participate in this Summer. Check back soon for more details on The Sending Project website.

Beat the Drum

One of The Sending Project ventures for 2010 is an amazing ministry called Beat the Drum. It's a ministry of HIV/AIDS prevention and education in the nation of South Africa. You can participate.

It's a 2-week trip. You go, get trained during the first week, and then you go into a school the second week and present the material. (There's even been a movie already produced in connection with this project.)

You can learn more about all of this on The Sending Project website. I encourage you to check it out, and get signed up to be a part of this!

At this stage, it's pretty clear that we're going to have anywhere from 100-300 people participating with Beat the Drum...most from the U.S.A., but some from beyond our borders, too!

Spinning

Miracles still happen!

I've actually worked out three times this week! I've taken up a new (to me) cardio workout called Spinning (basically a stationary cycling workout). Many of you have already done Spinning before I'm sure. I'm simply declaring that I am now a Spinner. I'm still just a "beginner Spinner"...but I'm getting a great workout each time I Spin.

Oh yeah, lifting some weights, too. This is escalating like crazy!

Go me!

Dependent

Okay, I'll just go ahead and say it: I'm scared. I don't like to admit that I'm fearful, but it's true. You see, I stepped away from a good, well-paying, job at my church to launch a new non-profit organization. I believed (and still do believe) that the Lord was (and is) calling me to take this step.

The development of this new organization, called The Sending Project (TSP), is going well. Its purpose is to unite the Church to eliminate global poverty. (Something very close to God's heart.) It's just that the funding of it hasn't grown as quickly as I'd hoped. I won't be able to go full-time with TSP right now...not until 2011 at the earliest. So...now...while we (me, volunteers, including our great board of directors) continue to develop TSP, I need to earn some dough via another job (or a few part-time jobs?). The big deadline for me is March 31. My compensation and benefits from my old job run out at that time.

Ahhh...life on the edge...makes one feel...dependent. Yes, I'm scared...but I'm also excited about what God is doing and what He is going to do to bring glory to Himself in this process. That's the crazy thing...that God would love someone like me (and someone like you) so much that He actually works in and through my (and your) life! That's His way. And...in the next several weeks, as God does His thing...and we see what happens...I will post the update right here on this blog...because it will be something that only He could've done.

I've only had 2 different employers during the last 28 years! And now, I'm in this season of vocational transition (or at least job transition within the same vocation?). Leads to some anxiety. But I rest in this wonderful reality: the times I've been most aware of God's activity in and around me have been the times I've been most dependent on Him.

Amen and Amen.