YES!

God taught me a lot today about His sovereign providence. I'm glad He's doing this thing, and not me.

I'm at 80% of my support overall. I can start to see the light at the end of the tunnel...and Slovakia. Man, I'm REALLY excited.

"but they do not realize that I remember all their evil deeds. Their sins engulf them; they are always before me." Hosea 7:2

really awesome rainbow

sometimes you just gotta find the rainbows in life...

i had a hard day today...but God taught me about my weakness through it

mmmm....support

So I'm in Columbia for a few days trying to meet with as many people as possible about support. I had a pretty successful day today, with three new supporters. I've been praying for God to bring in 20 new supporters this week and to raise up 10,000 dollars. Pray for me if you would, please.

I did have the chance of sharing at a camp on Wednesday night, which is something that the Lord wanted me to do for a long time. I just shared how God had grabbed my heart over the past few years to go overseas.

I went to my doctor's office today for a checkup before I leave. As I was rushing over there, b/c I was late, I kept praying that the Lord would give me a chance to share with my doctor about what I'm doing. He kinda knew what I was doing last summer, but had no clue I am going back. And of course God did it. He asked me what I was doing and then he mentioned that he had just gotten back from a mission trip to Peru. Hello. Awesomeness. So we kept talking and then I got the chance to ask him if he would consider supporting me, which he quickly replied positively and I'm sending him some info in the mail. God is cool like that.

But you know what's cool about right now? I get to watch God be God. I get to see Him bring in support which I do not have the strength or power to do. Good deal.

More support appointments tomorrow. I'm going to be really glad when this is over.

Korea and such

So I had the pleasure of going to CM2007. The following is a list of what I learned there:

-my prayer life is weak, Koreans pray all the stinkin' time

-God really wants me to be in Slovakia next year, it's not just a joke

-Koreans are for real about their faith, unlike 90% of Christians in America

-God is serious about reaching all the nations of the world, by sending the nations

-I have no ability to lead the STINT team next year, only the HS can

-I love the way Crusade does things, building spiritual movements not just doing ministry

-if I ever can afford it, I will fly first class b/c 28 hrs of travel is rough in economy class

-winning students to Christ is going to be hard

-it's going to be really cold in Slovakia

-ministry is a lot more work than I ever thought

-I absolutely have to believe God will raise all my support, still another 2/3 and only one month

-Korean people are fun

My brain is still somewhat fried from jet-lag and being sick. Please pray for my support to come in quickly. Til next time.

Matt