A Life in Mission

I just want to give you a little update. Right now we are waiting on the ferry company to have a plane headed to Kenya that can take the equipment. Gary said that it probably won’t be until mid to late January that they will have a plane.

I just want to encourage us all during this season to look back to why this season is special. What is it that makes it special? It’s the time that the world takes to remember Jesus’ birth. But do we really remember it? Do we remember the great sacrifice he made for us? So even though this is a time of year when many people are absorbed in giving gifts and receiving gifts, let us make it a point to remember the gift that Christ gave for us, He gave His life. What will we give back to Him? Will you give your life? That’s what He wants… But not just that, He has given us a command. Matthew 28:18-20 tells us that we need to go and preach to all nations and all tongues… Will you follow His command? “You can Go, or you can Send” or, as John Piper puts it, “you can disobey”. Jesus really does expect us to fulfill this command, and if we are too busy with our own lives then we will miss out on the blessings that He desires to give us, but we may also be found as unfaithful stewards of our Lord’s time and money. I pray that none of us will be in that category, for we must give account for our time and money, as well as our words. I hope that you each have a blessed Christmas and New Year.

I also wanted to let you know that I made an update to the About page, adding a section called: “Why I’m a volunteer”. I share some of my personal convictions, and reasons why I’m a volunteer.

God Bless each of you.

Just when you think you know how things are going to work out… Yeah it changes! But part of being a missionary is learning to be flexible and patient in everything just like Jesus was. It’s sometimes something that I have difficulty with!

Here’s the details: I have been moving ahead and assuming that we can get the equipment to Kenya by the time I get there. The last few days I’ve been realizing I really shouldn’t get tickets before I know whether or not the equipment will be there in time or not… And this morning Uncle David asked me if I was able to go to GYC! So after trying to get a hold of Gary several times we finally heard back from him with details regarding the ferry company. He said that the equipment probably wouldn’t make it to Kenya by the 7th, so it was fine for me to go to GYC, and then come in January. So as much as I hate to see it get postponed again, God is allowing it to move on ahead of me. Sometimes this just drives me nuts, but then I have to wait on the Lord and trust Him that He knows what He is doing.

As a side note, I know a number of you have been donating toward my travel expenses and I just want to thank you. Information for donating is now on the “Donate” page on the menu bar at the top of this page. Please keep praying for this trip as well, please pray that God will keep guiding this trip and that He will go ahead of me and prepare the way. Please pray also for the workers and those that will be involved in this project.

Well yesterday I was able to get everything together that I needed to apply for a visa for Cameroon. It cost $225 as I’m applying through a courier service because of time. Would you believe it? I received $225 in donations through Jesus for Asia yesterday! God is faithful!

I’m still praying however for the funds for my ticket. I have about $1200 in my account so far, but the ticket is going to be about $2600. So please pray with me, and if God impressed you to help, I gave info at the end of the last post about how you can do so. I need to leave before Dec 7 because the tickets rise dramatically after that for the holidays. I’m looking at leaving right at the end of Nov or so… Please pray that God will work this all out in accordance with his will.

God Bless
Daniel

It’s hard to believe that it’s already been two weeks since I began ordering equipment for the media team in Kenya. In that time equipment has been ordered from a number of places, and most of it has arrived already! Now comes the job of setting it up to make sure it works as expected, without glitches. And that’s not the only thing I have to worry about! I need to get a visa for Cameroon as I plan to fly there when I’m finished in Kenya. I just got a paper that I needed for that, so I will be getting the application in tomorrow Lord willing. And of course I need to get plane tickets for the trip as well. Sometimes it’s hard to see these falling in place in time for me to leave in the next few weeks! But I’ve seen that before, and God is faithful.

I’m planning at this point to fly out sometime around the end of the month and spend one to two months in Kenya to help the team get started, and perhaps some other traveling with Gary. In January or so, then I plan to fly to Cameroon and spend three months or so there before returning to the US. It looks like the tickets will be flexible so if something turns up I should be able to change them without too much trouble. I pray that FaithCamp can happen in Tanzania, but at this point we’re not sure if it’s going to actually happen or not… I also wanted to go to Thailand, but I’m not sure that that will work out either. But I don’t think it’s a good idea to buy all the tickets at the same time anyway, so it’s good to have the flexibility. So things may change at the end of this trip, but at this point I’m going to move forward with the initial travels and tickets. Please pray that God will provide as there is still needs for funds. The tickets that I need to get for the trip that I am currently planning cost about $2600. And I know there will be some personal expenses more than just the plane ticket. So if you feel that God wants to use you to help out toward this, you can go to the website — Jesus for Asia, and donate there online, or by mail or phone. I know that a number of you have already donated for my travels in this project, and I just want to give you a heartfelt thank you.
I will continue to post updates as often as I can. If you would like to get email updates whenever I post, and read the updates before they are old news, then please feel free to go to the Mailing List page up at the top menu and enter your email address. God Bless
Daniel