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The Half-Way Mark

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It has been e ither 6 months since we've returned home from Chile or 6 months that we have left in the states before we go back... Regardless which way we look at it it has been GOOD! The Lord has taught us many lessons and reassured us of a lot of things these past 6 months. LESSON 1: God has indeed called us to Chile and he is faithful in providing the means! Our budget has jumped up quite a bit so we are working very hard to finish raising it in a year. We are traveling, preaching and sharing our vision for Chile to obtain new commitments. It has been our joy to make new friends as we visit churches week after week and meet with potential supporters. It has also been a blessing to catch up with the people that are already part of our support team and thanking them for taking part in what God is doing in Chile. Before we made the move back we where worried about the failing economy and the reports of missionaries struggling to raise their budgets. Our experience has been so posit...

No reserves. No retreats. No regrets.

Luke 9:22-23 “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.” 23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me." This is the story of William Borden heir to the Borden family fortune (Borden Milk). His life paints a picture of what Jesus was trying to say in these verses. Click on link bellow to read his story. http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/regret.htm