Courage.
Strong. Strength. Faith.
Taking a leap. Jumping off. Its the backflip into the pool.
Its getting up early in the morning when it hurts. Taking a cold shower when the hot water is gone.
We are all courageous sometimes. We choose to bite our tongues and not say what is deserved.
Sometimes we open our mouths and say what is needed.
Maybe you have prayed for someone out loud.
Or trusted a friend to keep a secret. Or said sorry first.
Courage is doing what is more difficult. Eating a salad rather than the cheeseburger.
Or maybe for you its eating the cheeseburger rather than the water. Water cannot be eaten.
It allowing someone else to make decisions...and living with them.
Marriage is courageous. Getting a job is courageous.
Paying for someone's lunch is courageous.
So is sharing Jesus with another person.
So is dying for your faith.
So is putting faith in Jesus.
So is praying, even secretly, for your friends.
Peter and John had courage. It would have been easier to walk by the paralytic.
That was the accepted thing to do. That was the normal thing to do.
It would have been simpler to smile and nod to the Jewish religious authorities.
But they didn't.
They proclaimed that which was real. And tangible and lovely. They proclaimed Jesus.
Courage isn't as hard as we think it is.
We save this word for superheroes and firemen. We allow Dateline and the CBS Evening News to monopolize this word – we begin to believe that only people born with or thrust into extreme places of difficulty are worthy of being called courageous.
I don't mean to say that these people who do amazing things shouldn't be called courageous, but we should also recognize the fact that our selfishness and greed are the biggest deterrents for each of us.
It is our sin nature which keeps us from being heroic and bold and courageous.
We don't want to be uncomfortable, we don't want to be challenged, we are lazy and we don't want to reach our potential for fear of a new expectation being thrust upon us.
Tomorrow when you face your sin nature – and when you allow Jesus' re-making work to be more powerful within you – you are being courageous.
Who knows where that courage will lead.
Your ordinary life might not feel so ordinary anymore.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Ordinary Dancing
Ordinary.
Plain.
Normal.
We are. I am. You are.
We exist only for a moment, a gasp of time. Today here and gone tomorrow. Life slips away and we have one chance.
A chance.
A roll of the dice.
We have been dealt a hand. And its ordinary.
Not the same as Jim, Bob, Larry or Joe. Susie, Sally, Joceyln or Jessica may be able to pen a slightly different tale - But its normal.
What is normal? Breathing. Sleeping and waking. Getting sick, getting better, dying and disappointment and being good at something, but not everything.
Not being in control. Having a bad habit that we try to break. Wanting to be loved. Wanting to be significant.
Sin is normal. It reeks and is disgusting, but it is normal. Ordinary.
Complaining. Backing out of promises. Thinking sick, but acting healthy.
All of this and much is the dance floor of life. On our circumstances and upon the hand that we have been dealt we express, through our actions and attitudes, our response.
There are some dancers who sit on the sidelines wishing that the floor was different. They hang their heads regretting failure. Or they sit envious of the place on the floor that another gets.
Bitter and dark these dancers gradually die – never having really danced.
There are others who try to fix the floor. They tear it to pieces, trying to ascertain why it is built the way it is. They toil and struggle, carefully diagnosing each splinter, so that one day they might be able to rebuild the floor.
Well meaning and hard working – these dancers die having deconstructed life only to have ran out of time to rebuild it.
But the most beautiful dancers are the ones who lightly tread on the floor – their response is not dictated by the floor, but is simply a soft response to the music.
Light, free and full of love – these dancers fulfill their purpose and never regret the dance floor.
Plain.
Normal.
We are. I am. You are.
We exist only for a moment, a gasp of time. Today here and gone tomorrow. Life slips away and we have one chance.
A chance.
A roll of the dice.
We have been dealt a hand. And its ordinary.
Not the same as Jim, Bob, Larry or Joe. Susie, Sally, Joceyln or Jessica may be able to pen a slightly different tale - But its normal.
What is normal? Breathing. Sleeping and waking. Getting sick, getting better, dying and disappointment and being good at something, but not everything.
Not being in control. Having a bad habit that we try to break. Wanting to be loved. Wanting to be significant.
Sin is normal. It reeks and is disgusting, but it is normal. Ordinary.
Complaining. Backing out of promises. Thinking sick, but acting healthy.
All of this and much is the dance floor of life. On our circumstances and upon the hand that we have been dealt we express, through our actions and attitudes, our response.
There are some dancers who sit on the sidelines wishing that the floor was different. They hang their heads regretting failure. Or they sit envious of the place on the floor that another gets.
Bitter and dark these dancers gradually die – never having really danced.
There are others who try to fix the floor. They tear it to pieces, trying to ascertain why it is built the way it is. They toil and struggle, carefully diagnosing each splinter, so that one day they might be able to rebuild the floor.
Well meaning and hard working – these dancers die having deconstructed life only to have ran out of time to rebuild it.
But the most beautiful dancers are the ones who lightly tread on the floor – their response is not dictated by the floor, but is simply a soft response to the music.
Light, free and full of love – these dancers fulfill their purpose and never regret the dance floor.
Friday, March 28, 2008
On the road
Well - after 6 hours at Disneyland we are headed home.
It took us about 2 hours to get out of the LA area...and we took what we thought would be the way with the least amount of traffic.
As i write we are about 3 hours south of Sacramento.
Greg is at the wheel - he has been a great partner this week. He and I have had several great conversations. I really value his relationship with the Lord.
The team is a bit hyper - after all of these great bonding experiences and a day at Disneyland they are going nuts! It is fun to see the relationships developing.
Pray for no snow tomorrow!
It took us about 2 hours to get out of the LA area...and we took what we thought would be the way with the least amount of traffic.
As i write we are about 3 hours south of Sacramento.
Greg is at the wheel - he has been a great partner this week. He and I have had several great conversations. I really value his relationship with the Lord.
The team is a bit hyper - after all of these great bonding experiences and a day at Disneyland they are going nuts! It is fun to see the relationships developing.
Pray for no snow tomorrow!
Church in the City
We attended church last night at Angelus Temple. It seats around 4,000 people and it was packed on a Thursday night.
They put on quite the mid-week presentation...moving worship, dancers...and a guest speaker from Illinois.
Our students were really touched. I myself was challenged to be the best pastor and leader that I can be. I am moved to be a bigger dreamer and to not all god to only exist in what I know or have experienced.
I am excited for the opportunities that are before us. We really have the resource and people power to impact our church.
This morning we are at Disneyland. It is a bit anticlimactic.
The Dream Center puts a large amount of energy and resource into its effort to draw people to the ultimate source of light and glory. Disneyland put that energy and effort into creating an experience that numbs people or distracts them.
I am not saying that D-land is evil - but we should recognize what it is. Oooh...thats challenging, eh?
I am looking forward to the conversations with the students after this contrasting experience.
Do pray for us...we travel to Sacramento this afternoon - about 8 hours (with traffic) - and then we will be up bright and early tomorrow so we can arrive in Hillsboro by 3pm.
Also - pray for the weather to be favorable. Snow on the passes would put a damper on things.
Greetings from Adventureland...
They put on quite the mid-week presentation...moving worship, dancers...and a guest speaker from Illinois.
Our students were really touched. I myself was challenged to be the best pastor and leader that I can be. I am moved to be a bigger dreamer and to not all god to only exist in what I know or have experienced.
I am excited for the opportunities that are before us. We really have the resource and people power to impact our church.
This morning we are at Disneyland. It is a bit anticlimactic.
The Dream Center puts a large amount of energy and resource into its effort to draw people to the ultimate source of light and glory. Disneyland put that energy and effort into creating an experience that numbs people or distracts them.
I am not saying that D-land is evil - but we should recognize what it is. Oooh...thats challenging, eh?
I am looking forward to the conversations with the students after this contrasting experience.
Do pray for us...we travel to Sacramento this afternoon - about 8 hours (with traffic) - and then we will be up bright and early tomorrow so we can arrive in Hillsboro by 3pm.
Also - pray for the weather to be favorable. Snow on the passes would put a damper on things.
Greetings from Adventureland...
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Street Witnessing - Day 5 PM
There is nothing more intimidating to the Christian than cold turkey evangelism. I have never liked it - maybe more because of me than the actual task.
This sort of action requires such a deep amount of trust, humility and courage.
I was so proud of our students...they didn't back down and gave it their best shot.
We were sent by the Dream Center to Pasadena City College. That didn't make the task seem any easier. Going to talk to young people who think they know more than they do isn't the sort of environment that soothes apprehension.
I myself was apprehensive.
We were given a survey to use as a tool to begin spiritual conversations.
Our students - in pairs - boldly approached college students. They met ex-catholics, Buddhists and agnostics.
They engaged the people and had opportunity to pray with several.
Wow.
One young lady prayed a prayer of faith in Jesus for the first time.
Praise the Lord.
Our time is drawing to a close here at the Dream Center - but we know that we are going to go home not the same.
Praise the Lord for that!
This sort of action requires such a deep amount of trust, humility and courage.
I was so proud of our students...they didn't back down and gave it their best shot.
We were sent by the Dream Center to Pasadena City College. That didn't make the task seem any easier. Going to talk to young people who think they know more than they do isn't the sort of environment that soothes apprehension.
I myself was apprehensive.
We were given a survey to use as a tool to begin spiritual conversations.
Our students - in pairs - boldly approached college students. They met ex-catholics, Buddhists and agnostics.
They engaged the people and had opportunity to pray with several.
Wow.
One young lady prayed a prayer of faith in Jesus for the first time.
Praise the Lord.
Our time is drawing to a close here at the Dream Center - but we know that we are going to go home not the same.
Praise the Lord for that!
Tools in LA - Day 5 AM
We have such a great team.
I am so impressed by the collective ability of the group to just plain "go for it."
This morning we were placed at the mercy of the onsite "discipleship" team. The discipleship team consists of rehabilitated guys who are charged with the massive task of keeping the grounds around the Dream Center neat and tidy.
We painted.
We swept.
We trimmed and cut and cleared.
Josh and I were sent to Angelus Temple. We were given 2 brooms and a well-used dustpan. We swept all the leaves, trash and dirt from the sidewalks, gutters and street.
We were then given a long hose and a push broom. Just behind Sister Aimee's house we attached that hose to a water source.
We scrubbed the whole sidewalk - Josh on the hose and Isaac on the push broom scrubber.
Juliana and Brittany painted in Angelus' Temple. They painted on an official Historical Landmark in Los Angeles! How cool is that?!
We had a great morning. We served in a practical, blister causing way. It was refreshing and invigorating! (And Michelle's health was great!)
I am so impressed by the collective ability of the group to just plain "go for it."
This morning we were placed at the mercy of the onsite "discipleship" team. The discipleship team consists of rehabilitated guys who are charged with the massive task of keeping the grounds around the Dream Center neat and tidy.
We painted.
We swept.
We trimmed and cut and cleared.
Josh and I were sent to Angelus Temple. We were given 2 brooms and a well-used dustpan. We swept all the leaves, trash and dirt from the sidewalks, gutters and street.
We were then given a long hose and a push broom. Just behind Sister Aimee's house we attached that hose to a water source.
We scrubbed the whole sidewalk - Josh on the hose and Isaac on the push broom scrubber.
Juliana and Brittany painted in Angelus' Temple. They painted on an official Historical Landmark in Los Angeles! How cool is that?!
We had a great morning. We served in a practical, blister causing way. It was refreshing and invigorating! (And Michelle's health was great!)
Metro Kids - Day 4 PM
Tu hablas espanol?
We spent Wednesday afternoon helping with a weekly outreach to a low income, mostly Hispanic area. "Metro Kids" takes Sunday school to the neighborhoods of LA.
We helped set up, played with the kids, joined the program festivities and our Nicole led all of the girls in singing and motions to all the songs. She did great!
I was able to pray with 5 little boys at the conclusion - "Pray for my daddy - he smokes and drinks a lot - my mom works a lot - my dad is really sick - my mom has 14 children...its why we are really busy..."
Our hearts were moved to compassion as we served. We were all excited to see the potential for our church's daily outreach to Mckinney Park this summer.
Unfortunately Michelle became dehydrated yesterday afternoon, so her and Edna stayed behind. After resting for the afternoon she was much better.
We are all in good health today - but keep praying for us!
We spent Wednesday afternoon helping with a weekly outreach to a low income, mostly Hispanic area. "Metro Kids" takes Sunday school to the neighborhoods of LA.
We helped set up, played with the kids, joined the program festivities and our Nicole led all of the girls in singing and motions to all the songs. She did great!
I was able to pray with 5 little boys at the conclusion - "Pray for my daddy - he smokes and drinks a lot - my mom works a lot - my dad is really sick - my mom has 14 children...its why we are really busy..."
Our hearts were moved to compassion as we served. We were all excited to see the potential for our church's daily outreach to Mckinney Park this summer.
Unfortunately Michelle became dehydrated yesterday afternoon, so her and Edna stayed behind. After resting for the afternoon she was much better.
We are all in good health today - but keep praying for us!
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Loading the Food Trucks - Day 4 am
Today we had the privilege of loading the food trucks that go out for delivery this afternoon.I personally love this sort of work. It reminds me of my days loading trucks for UPS at the Ontario Hub while I was in college.
The boys formed lines (like sandbag lines) and filled up 4 Fed-Ex trucks with pinto beans, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, lemons, tangerines, snow peas and grapefruit juice.
Our lovelies filled bags with lemons and tangerines.
It was a blast flexing our muscles, calling out the number of boxes loaded and watching those trucks fill up quickly. We worked up a sweat, but thankfully the LA sun wasn't too warm this morning. It was probably 70 degrees and partly smoggy...
After loading we were moved to the trash/recycling area to clean up. I also loved this - breaking down hundreds of cardboard boxes reminds me of working food service in college (before I worked for UPS).We got that done with leftover time to help with cleaning the streets around the Dream Center. It was "fun" to observe who has worked hard at sweeping before and who looked as if they have never picked up a broom before.
Nicole was especially proficient with the broom! Her, Josh and I attacked the pavement with gusto!
All in all our team is wonderful! Everyone is working hard...several of the leaders around here have mentioned how much they are impressed as we work together!
This afternoon we will travel to South Central LA to work with the "Metro Kids" program. I am not clear on all of the details, but I know it includes tons of children and outreach!
LA Mission Trip Day #4
The team got to get involved with real front line ministry today. After a tour of the campus the team jumped into the back of some Fed-Ex like trucks and left for some poor neighborhoods to deliver food. People were waiting for the truck and so overjoyed to receive this mercy gift from the Lord.
The team made 3 stops. Simon played "Simon Says" with the children. The girls played "duck-duck goose" and held and prayed over babies.
What an experience. And, yes, the team rode in the back of the Fed-Ex truck with no seat belts...living by faith...
"Why are you here?"
last night we had the opportunity to sit in the men's discipleship meeting here at the Dream Center. These (200+) men are going through a 1-2 year program that rehabilitates them for life.
Some of them are here because of court orders. Some are here because of family and wanting to really recover.
The speaker challenged us all- why are we here? His answer was simple. We are all here for relationship with God. We are have been purposed to be here and as such we should respond to his relationship to us.
It was deeply moving to observe these men respond to God. Some are deeper into the program and are beginning to find true victory, but many have been here for a short time - only 15% actually graduate from the program.
At the conclusion of the teaching some worship music was put on and for 40 minutes everyone responded in prayer to the Lord. I was moved to lift up my family in prayer. I prayed prayers of thanksgiving and prayers of intercession. May I be a husband and a father that leads my kids to Jesus.
Thanks for your prayers..today we load food trucks in the morning and then reach out to homeless youth at night.
The team made 3 stops. Simon played "Simon Says" with the children. The girls played "duck-duck goose" and held and prayed over babies.
What an experience. And, yes, the team rode in the back of the Fed-Ex truck with no seat belts...living by faith...
"Why are you here?"
last night we had the opportunity to sit in the men's discipleship meeting here at the Dream Center. These (200+) men are going through a 1-2 year program that rehabilitates them for life.
Some of them are here because of court orders. Some are here because of family and wanting to really recover.
The speaker challenged us all- why are we here? His answer was simple. We are all here for relationship with God. We are have been purposed to be here and as such we should respond to his relationship to us.
It was deeply moving to observe these men respond to God. Some are deeper into the program and are beginning to find true victory, but many have been here for a short time - only 15% actually graduate from the program.
At the conclusion of the teaching some worship music was put on and for 40 minutes everyone responded in prayer to the Lord. I was moved to lift up my family in prayer. I prayed prayers of thanksgiving and prayers of intercession. May I be a husband and a father that leads my kids to Jesus.
Thanks for your prayers..today we load food trucks in the morning and then reach out to homeless youth at night.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
LA Mission Trip - Day #3
10.5 years ago I was on a road trip down I-5 to LA. I was a small town boy from Creswell, Oregon following a dream that the Lord had birthed in my heart. The dream was simple - to follow Jesus with all that I had. That passion led me to Foursquare's bible college in San Dimas, California. I remember being so overwhelmed by the vastness of LA. I was used to a town of 4,000 - with the big city of 150,000+ 10 miles away.
Culture shock.
“Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
Nathanael hadn't yet seen that it is not place of birth or immediate circumstantial power that dictates one's ability to influence the world. Jesus calls whom he wills and then fills that person and molds them so that even the overlooked can dramatically influence the world.
The students on this trip are catching a vision that is bigger than themselves. A part of that vision may include LIFE Pacific College.
Yesterday we were able to take the official tour of the LIFE campus. I was impressed with the facility upgrades and improvements, but even more so I was glad to hear that the foundational mission of the college is being retained. LIFE is working hard to be an excellent training center for ministers of the good news. Our students were skeptical until they listened to Professor Larry Powers teach Prison Epistles. Larry shared how he sees his own life as a Dixie cup. His life is to be filled with the living water of Christ so that others may partake and be refreshed - but then thrown away.
Larry sees himself as a vessel to be used by the Lord - the Lord is not the vessel that glorifies Larry.
A passion for knowledge and training has been birthed. A passion for God's redemptive mission is being cultivated.
After our morning at LIFE we traveled to the Dream Center to get settled there. They didn't have us scheduled for any ministry yesterday afternoon or evening so we went out on our own mission. We drove up to Griffith Observatory to see LA from up high.
We took to time to pray and listen to what the Lord was speaking to each of us - about this particular week of serving, but also to listen to his heart for the city.
On the way home we had dinner at McDonald's. We met a homeless drunk named Paul on the way out. Our students ministered to him and listened to the Lord's leading. After 15 minutes of conversation (good job Michelle!) and a fish sandwich we all felt that we had done all that we could do for this man. He wanted money, but we didn't feel that the Holy Spirit was leading in that way.
We prayed for Paul. And then we took time to talk as a team about what we felt and what we learned from that experience. We shared our fears and encouraged one another that hearing the Lord in situations like that isn't as difficult as we like to make it.
Paul didn't want help. So we prayed that he would respond to the Lord's grace - and that he would respond to his own deficiency.
Today is the grand tour of the Dream Center and the first official ministry effort - all afternoon and evening serving!
Continue to pray please!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Day 2 on the Road
We are currently HERE
As we are driving through the San Joaquin Valley I am reminded of how blessed we are in Oregon. It isn't to say that God loves us more or that God hasn't provided great things in the SJ Valley (look at Kevin Hughes - thank God for him!)
The trees. The green. The Ducks. Just kidding about that one.
It is March and we are turning on the AC...I am glad that isn't often necessary in Oregon.
The team is doing great...it is about 12:30 - we left Sacramento at 10:30. Greg is taking leg one of the driving and I will take the 2nd half. God bless him for taking a load of the driving!
We should arrive in San Dimas around 5pm unless we hit something unforeseen.
We pray that you are all enjoying Easter with friends and family.
As we are driving through the San Joaquin Valley I am reminded of how blessed we are in Oregon. It isn't to say that God loves us more or that God hasn't provided great things in the SJ Valley (look at Kevin Hughes - thank God for him!)
The trees. The green. The Ducks. Just kidding about that one.
It is March and we are turning on the AC...I am glad that isn't often necessary in Oregon.
The team is doing great...it is about 12:30 - we left Sacramento at 10:30. Greg is taking leg one of the driving and I will take the 2nd half. God bless him for taking a load of the driving!
We should arrive in San Dimas around 5pm unless we hit something unforeseen.
We pray that you are all enjoying Easter with friends and family.
LA Mission Morning #2
Last night we took time to express to one another our thoughts and feelings so far into the trip. I was so glad to hear everyone be honest. Yes, we had a fantastic day but the team expressed that we are anxious to serve, that we aren't sure what we are getting into and that we feel the need to bond closer before we serve in a radical way.
I also expressed to the team my personal pain - being here in Sacramento brings back so many memories of my late mother-in-law.
After sharing for the better part of an hour we prayed...the prayers were simple but heartfelt.
This morning we will eat breakfast together and then have a team bible study. We will be studying Psalm 107. It is one of my favorite psalms - both because of the incredible content, but also because of the poetic structure.
We appreciate your prayers and support!
We are in his will and being sustained by him!
I also expressed to the team my personal pain - being here in Sacramento brings back so many memories of my late mother-in-law.
After sharing for the better part of an hour we prayed...the prayers were simple but heartfelt.
This morning we will eat breakfast together and then have a team bible study. We will be studying Psalm 107. It is one of my favorite psalms - both because of the incredible content, but also because of the poetic structure.
4 Some wandered in the wilderness,Lord, we thank you for your light and love. We thank you that you have led us to spiritual safety. We thank you for Easter! Thank you that death had no hold on you! Thank you for providing a way for us to be back in relationship with you.
lost and homeless.
5 Hungry and thirsty,
they nearly died.
6 “Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble,
and he rescued them from their distress.
7 He led them straight to safety,
to a city where they could live.
8 Let them praise the Lord for his great love
and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
9 For he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.
We appreciate your prayers and support!
We are in his will and being sustained by him!
Saturday, March 22, 2008
A Day on the Road
Wow...what a day...
It has been beautiful and peaceful. We have such a wonderful team of young (and older) people.
We have had such a good time.
Thank you Jesus for the wisdom and insight to travel over 2 days rather than all at once. We are almost to Sacramento and everyone has energy.
We will meet and pray as a team tonight...we will ask God to guide us and direct us.
Also, we may be attending church in the morning in Sacramento! (We just need to find an early service so we can be on our way - but a sunrise service feels too early!)
Happy Easter...Jesus rocks!
It has been beautiful and peaceful. We have such a wonderful team of young (and older) people.
We have had such a good time.Thank you Jesus for the wisdom and insight to travel over 2 days rather than all at once. We are almost to Sacramento and everyone has energy.
We will meet and pray as a team tonight...we will ask God to guide us and direct us.
Also, we may be attending church in the morning in Sacramento! (We just need to find an early service so we can be on our way - but a sunrise service feels too early!)
Happy Easter...Jesus rocks!
LA Mission Trip Day One
5am - Alarm goes off. I must say that I have never woke up super excited on the first day of a mission trip. Today was no exception. I wasn't dreading going or stressed.
I simply felt tired. I wonder if Paul ever just felt tired.
Not sleepy tired - but weary. Ministry is awesome and there is nothing that I would rather do...but there are times where I wish for less work...
6am - all packed and ready to go - time to spend time in the word. Today Philippians 1:27
6:30am - at the church to load up with Joshua, Greg, Patti and Matty! Thanks for the help guys...Josh, as usual, was very organized and ready to go.
7am - team begins to arrive. A couple of our 4 teenage girls were late...I hope this isn't a trend!
7:30am - Pastor Marc Shaw shows up to pray for our team.
7:45am - A last stop in to say goodbye to my wonderful family. I will miss them so much!
We are now on the road - about 40 miles away from my hometown - Creswell, OR. We will stop there for fuel...
Keep us in your prayers!
Isaac and the team
(Joshua, Simon, Greg, Edna, Nicole, Michelle, Juliana, Brittany)
I simply felt tired. I wonder if Paul ever just felt tired.
Not sleepy tired - but weary. Ministry is awesome and there is nothing that I would rather do...but there are times where I wish for less work...
6am - all packed and ready to go - time to spend time in the word. Today Philippians 1:27
Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ.Jesus - help the 9 of us on the trip to be able to live as citizens of heaven. I don't want this to be a trip - but a time of being an agent of change for the kingdom. I pray for your guidance.
6:30am - at the church to load up with Joshua, Greg, Patti and Matty! Thanks for the help guys...Josh, as usual, was very organized and ready to go.
7am - team begins to arrive. A couple of our 4 teenage girls were late...I hope this isn't a trend!
7:30am - Pastor Marc Shaw shows up to pray for our team.
7:45am - A last stop in to say goodbye to my wonderful family. I will miss them so much!
We are now on the road - about 40 miles away from my hometown - Creswell, OR. We will stop there for fuel...
Keep us in your prayers!
Isaac and the team
(Joshua, Simon, Greg, Edna, Nicole, Michelle, Juliana, Brittany)
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