deepbrew

My time in Asia has been one of the most incredible four months of my life ever. I learned so much about our God and his work in the world. I got to know so many amazing people. I traveled to fascinating places, and enjoyed all sorts of experiences.

This four month semester at the IGO consisted of 3 ministry trips and 3 three week terms of study. On the ministry trips I went to Dhaka, Bangladesh, the Karen Villages of Thailand, and Xi’an, China. During the study terms I studied things like Theology of Missions, Discovering our God, Life of Christ, TESOL, History of Missions, Principles of Teaching, Genesis, Cultural Anthropology, Christian Family, Galatians, Hebrews, and Kingdom Theology, to name all 12 classes. Plus there was a mentoring group with it’s own subject matter and assignments. Additionally, during the study terms, we went out two nights a week on local ministry tasks. No, we did not get bored.

It doesn’t look like I’m going to get bored at home either. My “little” brother Eric is leaving in 1 week for a 2 year term in Poland with AIM teaching English, and I want to be with him as much as possible before he leaves. Passion camp is this weekend, Thursday night through Sunday. Looks like it’s shaping up to be a great weekend, and if know of any more guys that might be interested, we can still sign them up. My sis and her kids are here now, which is awesome, and my bro and his family is coming down for the day tomorrow. Our youth camping trip is today and tomorrow. School is starting in 2 ½ weeks, and I am supposed to be teaching 17 of them, grades 7-12. Breath in…. breath out… Say a prayer for me, if you would. It’s good to be back.