Tuesday, January 21, 2014

FORECLOSED: The Beginnings of a New Dream (January Synchroblog)

       


        Notice of Foreclosure - the ominous words scrawled across the top of the letter we received from our mortgage company a few months ago. When my family moved into our house, we never imagined that we would be leaving under these circumstances. You see, we have always believed that this house was a blessing directly from God Himself, and blessings from God just don't get foreclosed on, do they?

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Proclaiming the Gospel - The Story of Our Mission Part 5



        Over the last few years, I have had many opportunities to share parts of the work that my family and I are doing in Colorado Springs. Often, when I tell of passing out blankets to homeless camps or serving breakfast to the homeless downtown, I get the response, "well, giving to the poor is good, but that is not really the main mission, if you are going to call ourselves 'missionaries', then you need to make sure that 'proclaiming the gospel' is our number one mission".