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Rusty Jackson

Doing It Thai Style



     Greetings folks from Manila, Philippines. I got in early yesterday morning. I'm here to help with the launch of the October World Race team. So I'll be teaching, preaching, encouraging and working one-on-one with a lot of the racers and sharing with them my experiences from the last year and a half.
     I just finished up two weeks of ministry in Northern Thailand. My time was incredible. Have a look:)
 
 
     This is the church we did some work on while in one of the villages. We spent a few days painting, varnishing and moving dirt. Here's the final product.
 
 
 
     Then we spent ALL day Sunday inside preaching and sharing the love of Jesus with the villagers.
 
 
     Now this is the same place I came last August. So here's a picture from last year. We had just spent a week clearing land by hand using hoes. Thing is, at the time we were clearing the land it was still uncertain whether a church would actually be built there. All I heard was that the pastor felt like God was telling him to clear the land and get it ready for the construction of a church. Turns out, right after we left the money was raised and the church project was underway. It was completed this past March.
 
 
 
     Here's some more pics from the last ten days or so.
 
 
Pastor Panya
 
 
     We didn't have electricity in the villages so we spent a lot of time at night hanging out by candlelight.
 
 
     A couple young boys from Burma.
 
 
     The Burma - Thai border. You are looking at Burma.
 
 
     Ray and our own Mark Stratmann leading worship. By the way - Mark Stratmann took all these photos you are looking at as well. The dude is a multi-talented man!
 
 
     A look at the village we lived in.
 
 
     Ray
 
 
     David and me on the Burmese border.
 
 
 
 
     I got great hands baby!
 
 
     If you want to check out more photos from my time in Thailand just click on "pictures" on the left side of my page.
 
 

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Back with Ray



What's up ya'll! I'm back in Northern Thailand and loving it! I was here last August and it was life changing. So I'm excited about being back.
Here's some photos by MARK STRATMANN - not me, but MARK STRATMANN!!!!!!!!
 
 
Candace, Ray, Maile, Me and Rapee hanging out after church.
 
 
Preaching at a Buddhist school. Last year when we did this we only saw maybe two or three kids come to the Lord. This year - more than 30! God is doing some amazing things here in Northern Thailand.
 
 
Ray jamming out. Thanks to you guys on the team last year Ray was able to get more musical stuff. Now he rocks out at these schools. Its so cool to see how the Lord moves when we worship Him with all our heart, soul and strength.
 
 
 
 
 
In two days we preached at four different schools. It's been so much fun. I love sharing God's love with these kids!
 
 
My team, Mark and Matt.
 
 
Rapee
 
 
Rapee's brother, Weelapong
 
 
Beautiful Northern Thailand.
 
 
 
After spending the past few days preaching in churches and Buddhist schools, we are moving on to another village where we will do some construction work on a church. Please keep us in your prayers.
 
Also, to last year's team, the whole Northern Thai family says hi. They remembered every last one of your names! That's how much of an impact ya'll made on their lives. It's so cool being back here and seeing the work God has done in the last year! It's been great:)
 
 
 
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THIS IS IT




This is IT!
 

This is what the World Race is all about! This is my heart for our generation. WE ALL NEED A DESERT EXPERIENCE!
 

The following is an email I got from one of our contacts in China.
 

Hi Everyone,

Prayed that all of you were blessed with the sharing on Isaac and Ismael. I was going through Luke Chapter One this morning and a verse caught my thoughts and stayed there. It was in the last verse of the chapter that said John the Baptist was sent to the desert to live till the time of his ministry had come.

Desert. When we think of desert, it is a place of torment. The temperature is so hot in the day that some said you can fry an egg on a rock and so cold in the night. It is a harsh place live in. Only the toughest will survive. Water is scarce. There is hardly any shade from the sun. It is just miles and miles of sand with high possibility of getting lost and die of thirst.

Yet, we see here that John the Baptist was sent to live in  the desert till the time of his ministry. And he is not the first person to have the desert experience in the Bible nor will he be the last.

We see that Abraham had to journey from his home country to a new promise land and he had to pass thru the desert land.

We see Moses being called but ended up in the desert for 40 years before the time of his ministry came. And then children of Israel have to journey in the desert for 40 years before an entire generation died off and a new generation entered into the promise land.

And there are others like David who may have not been in the desert literally but he did have a desert experience running from Saul and hiding in caves between the time he was anointed as king and to the time he became the king of Israel. Even Paul apparently seems to spent 3 years in the desert after his conversion before he started his public ministry. (I would be wrong here in that he was in a literal desert but he definitely had the desert experience!)

So, desert experience is not something that is rare. In fact, it seems like it is a 'must' or a 'boot camp' experience for anyone that Father wants to use.

It seems to be a place where we are stripped of everything to the point that all we can do it to look up. It is a place where even the most powerful will be reduced to mere mortal.  It is a place where all our intellectual knowledge or even spiritual knowledge does not seem to work. It is a place that all the polished talk seems to end. A place that everything seems to die.

Yet it is a welcome place for us because it is in such a 'place' where Father can get our full attention, It is in such a place that we will realise with all our training, it is nothing without Father's intervention. It is in such a place where we realise that all our riches will not get us through. It is in such a place that we are stripped of everthing. It is in such a place that we begin to die. And it is ONLY when we DIE, than we will EXPERIENCE the resurrection of CHRIST in our lives.

And this morning, I sense that there is a purpose of why Father allows us or sometimes even intentionally bring us through the desert experience. The purpose is so that we will eventually learn that only HIM and HIM alone will matter.

It is not a place of punishment as many think. It is not a place of curse from Father. It is not an indication that we are out of the will of Father. In fact, it might be even the reverse in the sense that because we are in His Will, He allows us to go thru the desert experience before our time of ministry comes.

Is anyone of you going through a desert experience where your situation become unbearable, where nothing works, where death (symbolically) seems definite? I want to encourage you that you are not out of His will. But rather it is a place of training that He has allow everyone of us to go through in various stage of our life.

Know that the desert experience will come to an end. Know that when it ended, Father has a greater plan or ministry for us that we have never thought of. And yet, it will not happen if we do not go through the desert experience.

Have a blessed weekend.

Blessings
Joseph
 
I love this! This is absolutely what the World Race is all about - the Lord bringing us through the testing so we can walk FULLY ALIVE in the Spirit.
 
Luke 4:14 says this about Jesus AFTER his 40 days in the desert:
 
"Jesus returned to Galilee in the POWER OF THE SPIRIT..."
 
Get ready America. In 70 days 25 World Racers are about to land in Los Angeles walking in the POWER OF THE SPIRIT:)
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Walk With Me - Part 2



     Alright so let me get to a couple of the main reasons I'm moving to Michigan. Obviously, I'm getting a great chance to continue my ministry with the World Race. It's something I'm extremely excited about and confident I'm called to do.

 
    
     But I'll also get a chance to continue this community living thing I'm doing on the race. I'm going to move in with our team coaches, Michael and Kathy Hindes, and just do life with them. It's a great discipleship opportunity - to learn about how to walk this life of faith out as a husband and father. And to be honest, Michael is really one of the few Christian men I can follow. We've got a lot of the same type of background and bottom line is - he's upfront, real and raw, things I love.
    
    Now, the other reason I'm moving to Michigan is I'm getting married.
 
 
     To my sweet Ericka:)
     HA! I'm sure that's gotta catch a lot of ya'll by surprise! We are not engaged yet. I have to get home first, BUT I'm confident she'll say yes:)
     The Lord has been doing some amazing things in our lives and he's been bringing us together for quite some time now. And we can both benefit hugely from Michael and Kathy who have been married 27 years. They've been through a lot of things in full-time ministry as a couple. And that's the life God has called Ericka and I to - full-time ministry.
     Now once Ericka and I are married of course we'll find our own place in Port Huron. I'm sure the last thing Michael and Kathy want is some newly weds up in their house.
     So don't let this sweet little thing starve. Please support my ministry:) HA!
     No, for real though, Ericka is already living on support and working at the AIM headquarters in Georgia. She's got a huge passion for orphans and those that can't fight for themselves. That's what she does - raises money and awareness for orphans all over the world. She'll still get to continue that work in Michigan. (She's also planning to move there in January and will be living in community with some of the World Race girls.)
    
    Here's her blog:
 http://erickabennett.myadventures.org

    
     God told me we can do more for the Kingdom together than we ever could apart. I'm excited about this next season of my life. So please, if you feel led to give just click on the Support link.

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Walk with Me



     I've been sitting around for days wondering how in the world I'm supposed to write this blog? How can I communicate all that's been going to you? I just feel I have so much to say and express. So it's going to take a couple blogs, but I can at least get the nuts and bolts of it out to you now.

     Alright – so bottom line is this, the Lord has called me to "prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up." (Ephesians 4:12)

     OK, so just follow me on this for a moment.

     Michael and Kathy Hindes have been our squad coaches since we left the states back in January. Now not only are they our coaches, but Michael also runs the World Race. And his goal is to make this thing a movement – a way to bring young people into who God called them to be. Which is to say, to show people God is much bigger than just four walls and a Sunday morning service and that the Lord really does have a greater plan for their lives. We want the people who are asking questions like these:

Is this all there is?

Is this what following God really looks like?

What would happen if I really did just take a leap of faith?

Who is God?

Where is God?

Does life really have to look like this?

Is this what I was made to do?

     And the many other countless questions we all have. My question before I jumped into the World Race was "now what?"

     Here's the thing, Michael has invited me to be a part of this movement from the other side of the race. And he's asked me to move to Michigan to work alongside him in this deal. What exactly will my role look like? We're still figuring that out. And we probably won't have all the details until January. I do know we've got others on this squad that have committed to making the move to Michigan. So we got to match up people's giftings with the right position.

     But I can tell you this; I am called to prepare God's people for works of service to build up the body of Christ. And I'm called to do that thru the World Race. This next year I could be doing a number of things. Here are some possibilities:

-         Encouraging and teaching others during monthly debriefs, squad launches and training camps.

-         States side leadership support

-         Church planting and overseeing of the process

-         Maintaining and building upon the relationships of World Race churches

-         Using my video skills to promote the World Race and raise money for other ministry projects

-         Recruitment of new World Racers

-         Marketing the World Race

-         Helping with the creation of a World Race alumni network

-         Logistics for the World Race

-         Strategizing and planning new World Race trips

-         Opening up new contacts in new countries

     This time next year we'll have four squads in the field. So we are talking about nearly 250 world racers in the nations. And if we can plant ten churches per squad – that's 40 churches worldwide per year. This thing is already turning into a movement and we need more fulltime people to make it work.

     The World Race can make a difference. It's already had an impact on thousands of people throughout the world. I've seen it firsthand.

     So not only are we advancing the Kingdom, but we are also waking people up to whom God called them to be. We want to help the young people on the race to find their voice and identity – to find that who they are is not found in what the world says about them. We are all sons and daughters of God and we have all been given the ministry of reconciliation. (2 Cor. 5:18)

     The question is whom will you reconcile to God? And how will you do it?
 
     I want to help people find that answer while bringing the Kingdom of God to the nations.

     And to do that I will need to raise quite a bit of money. Since we are just getting this thing off the ground we have no budget for salaries. So I'm walking in faith and asking you folks out there to join me in this walk.

     To travel and do the things necessary to serve the people in the field I will need to raise $30,000 per year. One-time gifts are great and accepted of course, but I really need monthly supporters. I don't care if you just want to give 25 bucks. I say great, just please give it to me in 12 monthly installments of two bucks a month. Well maybe that's extreme, but you know what I'm saying. If after praying about this you feel led to give then you can do so by clicking on the "support me" link on the left side of the page.

     Now this whole living in Michigan thing is much more than just some job opportunity. My next post will bring you the deeper story behind the move to Michigan.

     Stay tuned.

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Thailand



     Hey folks, greetings from Thailand, I want to take a minute and catch ya'll up on what's been going on in my ministry these past couple weeks. 
     The last time I posted I was on a scouting mission in Northern India. I got a chance to meet a wonderful man of God, Brian, who will make a great world race contact in the future. This man is a church planting machine.
     After that I flew up to Kathmandu, Nepal to meet with Pastor Gophal Adhikari. Not only is he the pastor of his local church, but he's also been a part of planting nearly 20 more. Gophal started a bible school and he runs his own publishing company that translates Christian books into the Nepali language.
 
 
Hanging out with the students I had a chance to teach at a Bible school in Kathmandu, Nepal.
 
 
Pastor Gohpal
 
     Next year at this time there will be four squads in the field – that's nearly 250 world racers in the nations. And we need more contacts – more opportunities to share God's love. That's the whole reason I was asked to get out and find some new connections. We want to open up more Kingdom opportunities and find other missionaries in the field with our vision that we can serve. I'll talk more about this in my next blog.
     But for now, I'm back in Thailand debriefing with my squad on the island of Koh Samet. I'm also going to get the opportunity to help debrief the July team as well. We've been in the field for eight months now, so it'll be cool to see the July team, which is still new to the race.
 
 
     Then it's off to do ministry in Northern Thailand – which is something I've been waiting for all year! I'll be right back in the same villages with the same wonderful people I was with last year. We had such a blast last August! Ray Ward, our contact, is such an awesome guy to be with. He has such passion for worship and for the people he ministers to. Plus he baptized me in a Thai river.
     As far as ministry, we'll be doing some remodeling work on a local church as well as some evangelism in Buddhist schools. I hear we'll also get a chance to work in the Burmese refugee camps along the Thai border.
 
 
 
     See you soon brother!
     Please continue to keep us in your prayers:)
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Scouting Mission and New Role



     Well I'm back in Northern India. This time on my own and in a different location than I was three weeks ago. My purpose this trip is to scout out ministry locations and to develop new contacts for future world race teams. Basically, I'm trying to break open new ground up here so we can get some world race teams plugged in.
     Now, if you are asking what about the rest of my squad back in Delhi - who's watching over them? That's a great question AND it gives me a chance to tell you about my new role on the world race. Right now the squad is under the leadership of Patrice Deaton. She's been one of my top team leaders and she's a rock star - so the squad is in good hands. Now with Patrice at the wheel, I'm getting a chance to make a couple scouting trips this month. Of course I'm on one right now and then next week I'll be in Nepal for a few days. The cool thing is this new role is allowing me to make an impact on the whole world race program and not just my team. So it's a good thing:) 
     OK, so here's the part I'm most excited about! I'm going to get a chance to work with other world race teams out in the field. Here in a couple weeks I'll help debrief the July team in Thailand. Then, next month I'll have an opportunity to help launch the October team in The Philippines. Folks, this is my passion - encouraging and pouring into other people who are walking this crazy journey called the World Race. And this is also how a lot of my role will look next year. The deal is this, God has called my to prepare HIS people for works of service in order to build up the body of Christ. And He's called me to do that through the World Race. It's a role I can pretty much fulfill in the states. (So don't worry mom!) Obviously there will be times I will do some traveling next year, but for the most part I'll be in America. Right now I don't have all the details lined out, but I wanted ya'll to know this was on my heart. Bottom line is I will need to continue to raise support so I can do this deal fulltime. So I'll be asking all my supporters to pray about that as well. 
     Alright moving on, let me tell you about this awesome place I'm staying. The town is called Shilma and it's located about 7200 feet up in the Himalayan Mountian Range - not far from the Tibetan border. Now, not only am I finding out about some great ministry opportunities up here, but I'm also getting a chance to check out some beautiful country. Have a look!
 
 
A view of the Himalaya mountains from my balcony!
 
 
Shimla, India
 
 
Brian and I
 
 
My Indian friends:)
 
 
Bringing the Word of God.
 
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Dying Ain't Pretty



I turned 33 a couple days ago.

Apparently it's the "crucifying year."

Jesus was 33 when he was nailed to the cross.


"For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin..."
– Romans 6:6

"Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires."
– Galatians 5:24

    
     Just to give ya'll a heads up – this blog is raw, raging and real. Leave your expectations of what a "Christian missionary" should say or feel at the door.

     The bottom line is this my friends – dying ain't pretty.

     In my head I get that my "old self" was crucified with Christ. I get that I've been raised to new life with Him as well. And I realize that's a one-time deal. I don't have to keep going back and killing the old Rusty. That dude is dead.

     However, the "sinful nature" is something else. The sinful nature is the flesh and as long as we live on this earth we will always battle the flesh's desires and passions.

     That's what we must die to – the "desires and passions" of our sinful nature.

     This is a very messy process for me.

     Back in the day, the passions and desires of my sinful nature were very easy to spot – drinking, partying, drugs and all kinds of other junk. Today though, they are much harder to find. I've learned on this trip that I am extremely prideful, controlling and judgmental. But it goes a hell of a lot deeper. It goes all the way back to the Garden when Adam and Eve chose to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

     Let me give you a quick back-story.

     You see, the serpent promised Adam and Eve that if they ate from that tree they would become like God – that they would be able to determine for THEMSELVES what was good or evil. So in essence by eating the fruit Adam and Eve were saying, "In the future we will make decisions based on OUR knowledge of good and evil. We don't need you God." They chose the path of independence. This way leads to death.

     But there was another tree in the middle of that garden – The Tree of Life. This tree represents Jesus. This tree is the path of dependence on God. This tree provides eternal life.

     It's a simple choice.

Tree of knowledge of good and evil = independence = DEATH


OR


Tree of Life = dependence = LIFE

 
     Lately folks, I've been choosing death.

     I've been choosing to decide for MYSELF what is good and right for my life. I've been choosing independence.

     This trip has brought me to the end of my strength. I can't save myself from this freakin' hell that I live in each day. I can't tell you how sick I am of bumpy rickshaw rides, jerk rickshaw drivers that want more money ONLY BECAUSE I'm WHITE, inconsistent electricity, sleeping on a thermarest with so much deep skin on it that it feels like I'm in bed with someday. I'm sick of the fact NO ONE has change. If you try to pay for something in a big bill these folks can't break it. It's like that all over the world. I'm sick of the inconsistency of EVERYTHING. Oh yeah, I'm also sick of this country not having any beef in it. 

I WANT COMFORT! AND I WANT IT NOW! I'M DONE WITH THIS S---! PERIOD

     It's nuts what crucifying the desires of our sinful nature will do to a man. It's turned me into something that's not very pretty. I am learning REAL fast that I can't wake up early for Jesus unless I have a hot cup of coffee and a chair waiting on me. We have no chairs or coffee here. So instead I just sleep in. I've learned that my language turns EXTREMELY foul when I can't satisfy the desires of my flesh.

     I've watched my faith waver as my comfort level has dropped. My hope for the future God has for me looks a lot LESS appealing with each passing day of this "third world living" crap. I'm fearful that serving God means living like this – in this hot, hell house forever and ever and ever. And now I'm at the point of, "screw this whole path of dependence crap! Let me find a new way!"

     So here's a typical look at MY path – it's a path of comfort, security, no risk and stability. I think, "Maybe I'll go home and get back in TV – make good money and live a quiet, easy life somewhere."

     What's wrong with that huh? – I'm living a good, respectable life. So what's problem? That's not the life God has called me to. See, that's MY path, MY plan – not HIS! And By choosing this path I'm choosing the way of independence - which as I said before leads to death.


"To prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up..."
– Ephesians 4:12

 
     I was in Manila last September when God placed this call on my life.

     This is HIS path for my life – HIS plan. This is a path that requires my total dependence on HIM.

     Problem is, all this crap I'm going thru here has clouded that call. It's caused me to seriously ask is this really the way I want to go. After all, I am throwing a baby, hissy fit right here in India. My flesh is dying and it's close to taking my HOPE with it.

     Here's what weird though, in a strange way – I love this stuff. I know I'm crucifying that f-ing, fit throwing little boy inside me. I'm killing the boy that always got his way. And in his place a man is being brought forward - a man that depends ONLY on God. This man won't be swayed by the desires of his flesh. He will not be tossed to and fro like a wave in the sea. He will walk in freedom. But folks, freedom ALWAYS comes with a price – and that price is suffering. Suffering brings freedom. Christ suffered at the hands of sinful men so that HE could win freedom over death. I suffered through hell so that I could win freedom over alcohol and drugs.

     And right now I'm suffering through the loss of my pride, control and judgments so that I can walk freely into the man God has called me to be.

     I'm being crucified.

     I'm 33 years old – and I've started my life.

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Routine Death



      A few days back my sister Tracy and I were talking about routines and how we get so wrapped up in our daily doings that if anything happens to upset that routine then we just go nuts. This was definitely the case in my life. You folks out there that know me know that I am a creature of habit. I mean come on, I ate salmon and rice nearly everyday for lunch for 4 years. I'm just the kind of guy that if I find something that works I stick with it. Here's a look at my life from May '03 til April '07.
 
9A - Wake up and eat breakfast
9:45 - Hit the gym
10:50 - Head home in time to watch "Young and the Restless." Go ahead and laugh! I got hooked back in the summer of '87 right before 6th grade. I never missed it. I taped it in junior high and highschool and I planned my college classes around it.
11:25 - start preparing my tasty fish and rice.
11:50 - eat lunch
Noon - shower and get ready for work
12:45 - Head to work. Now even though I worked as a TV sports anchor work was still for the most part very routine.
1:30 - 6P - Depending on where I was at in my television career, this time was usually filled with getting video and interviews, then some editing and prepping for the 5 and 6.
6:35 - Out the door for dinner with my work buddies.
8 - 10:30 - Put together my stuff for the 10 and then head home.
11:00 - 1A - Get home, shower, eat scoops of peanut butter for a snack and usually watch a movie or some TV and then to bed.
 
And so it went for 4 YEARS!
 
     Here is just a little bit of what I wrote in my journal during that time.
 
I'm so bored. My life is so empty, it's stale, very, very stale. My life is lifeless, uneventful and not fulfilled. There's so much that needs to be done is this world. God give me the strength. I need more, not just strength, but more love, more willingness to help, give, teach, inspire, lead. This world is wrapping up! God get me in the good fight! I'm sick of the routine! I'm sick of the normal, it's killing me. Break the chains God!"
 
     Here's the crazy thing, it took me three years to get to this point, but before that I would do ANYTHING to protect my routine. You see folks, for me, having a set routine was my way to CONTROL the environment around me. And I've since learned my control issues come from my lack of trust in God. It was my routine that gave me comfort, security, protection and peace. But I only received those things if my routine went as planned. Any disruption whatsoever caused me to flip out, thus losing my sense of peace, comfort, safety and security. I would do whatever it took to protect it - I was a slave to the routine. It was my god, my master.
 
"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." - John 8:32
 
     One of the big reasons I came on the world race was to have control stripped from me and my routine smashed. HA! That is definitely happening everyday. Let me tell ya, living in third world countries has taught me this - BE FLUID, NOT JUST FLEXIBLE, BECAUSE FLEXIBLE PEOPLE STILL BREAK. Folks, NOTHING is consistent in third world countries! No one is EVER on time! You go to a restaurant and it NEVER fails they're out of  whatever it is you wanted! The 20 plus people you live with always keep things different. It is nearly impossible to find any routine. Which is what I asked for! Now I have to find my comfort, peace and security elsewhere. I'm forced to go to God for those things, because ain't no way you can get into a routine out here.
 
     So as I watch my sister wake up to the slavery of her routine I'm encouraged because I know it's only God that can give her this revelation.  
 
     Tracy, rejoice, because the Lord is speaking to you! Now as to what's next? I have no clue. Not everyone needs to be fired or quit their job and join the world race. There is another way. And that only way is thru Jesus. Tracy, you're new life is hidden in Christ. So the only way to take hold of that new life is to pursue Jesus. How does that look for you? You got to figure that out sweetie. But a great place to start is in the Word. Take some time to pray and ask God to reveal more to you. He will - in HIS time!
 
     I love you and I'm praying for you always! Oh by the way, 100 days to go so I'll see you soon:)
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Pictures from India



Here are some photos from this past weekend. Me, three of my leaders, Jake (former WRer), and Michael and Kathy (our squad coaches) went up to northern India for a pastor's conference.
 
 
Gretchen, Patrice, me and Jake at the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains. The place we were at in northern India was about 100 miles south of Tibet and a 175 miles west of Nepal.
 
 
Kim, me and Michael, to the far right, having some fun during worship.
 
 
Preaching the love of Jesus
 
 
Indians love getting their picture taken with Americans:) This picture and the next couple were taken in Dehli.
 
 
Yes that's a REAL COBRA!
 
 
This is me standing in front of some Indian war memorial.
 
Alright, so let me just update ya'll real quick on what our ministry looks like this month in India. First off, we are all back together as a squad again. So that allows us to minister to a wide variety of people. We've got folks working with orphans, lepers and refugees from Burma. There is also the possibility of getting a chance to work with Indian college students.
 
So far the heat has not been that bad. We're in the middle of monsoon season right now so we do have lots of cloud cover and the rain really cools things down. To be honest, it's a lot like being in Arkansas in August with temperatures close to 100 with all kinds of humidity.
 
Please continue to pray for us when the spirit prompts you.
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