Posted: Jun 27, 2010 in Uncategorized |
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What up! Arrived in Ireland on Friday with major jet lag! There is definitely nothing worse than trying to stay awake when you really want to sleep. The missionary was generous enough to helped me stay awake by giving me a place to speak 
Its been beautiful weather here, sun has been out and its been about 70 degrees. I spoke twice in two different churches in a city called Antrim this morning. A couple of days ago the missionary team thats here was doing some street evangelism in Antrim when they ran across a gang beating up a homeless man. To make a long story short one of the students went up to the gang leader after the incident placed his hand on his heart and said, “you have a broken heart and you need Jesus to fill it.” The gang leader broke down and allowed the team to pray with them. Being from America we come with so many expectations of what a missions trip should be and how we think God should move. We think we should step off the plane and everyone should fall over in the presence of God. God works through alter calls and healing and even through placing hands on a gang bangers hearts, but Im realizing He also works through handing out a hot dog to a hungry child or helping a little kid feed grass to a horse, or riding a skateboard down a really steep hill because some kid wants you to (that was scary by the way). What Im trying to say is ministry is relationship, it doesn’t always come in nice pretty package we think it should. Ministry is being available thats it. Being available to serve the needs of people. At the end of this life I don’t think God will be mad a me for not preaching at the kid who wanted me to ride his skateboard down that hill. Sharing Jesus is more than words, its time, its feeding the hungry, its riding skateboards down scary hills. The challenge is to be available to be used in whatever capacity Jesus sees fit. Thanks for all your prayers and love! Gotta go, Im speaking in a town called Portadown tonight. Much love!!