Living His Mission

Hola,

It is good to be home…even though we have been greeted with cold, wet & snowy weather:) That’s why we love Missouri! I am finally getting worship songs in Spanish worked out of my head. It’s actually an interesting sensation. I had a great time in Guadalajara with our friends from El Camino church. It was great on the weekend to catch up with more friends from the other Newfrontiers churches in Mexico. Many greeting were sent Living Hope’s way.

A few quick hits…though short and to the point is difficult for me:)

Pepe from Leon opened Fiesta on Friday night. It was great to hear him speak. Great thought about having high expectations and believing God for big things, “I’ve never seen a dog who chases a parked car. They have high expectations. They chase moving cars!” Sweet. Our Savior is on the move. He has other neighborhoods, other towns & other peoples to reach. Are you chasing Him as He chases (not an entirely great word for Jesus, but it works:) the world?

Pepe – “Our influence is beyond where we are and our generation.” Great thought and true. Reminds me of a Greek proverb Rick Hein tweeted recently – “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they will never sit in.” Wow…soak that in, think on it, pray on it…then go for it. When I now sit under my big pine tree in front of my house, I love it. And it’s the same tree that the Elkins family enjoyed for many a year and someone before them planted. Someone for some reason (probably not foresight, but maybe) planted that tree which my family now enjoys and hopefully will – and maybe another family will – for years to come. Are we planting God’s kingdom in a similar way. Not just for us…but for the future! Let’s plant lots of gospel trees (churches, community groups, etc.) that will shade people with the glorious gospel of Jesus long after we’re gone! That stokes my fire…haha!

Wow, that quick hit certainly turned long.

John Lanferman brought it on Saturday morning. I hear he brought it on Saturday evening also, but I ventured up the long hill to be with the youth and hear Jeremy Hazel from Canada. Great time.

A few last quick quotes (as close as I could get…he talks fast and we were listening to a translator) from Pepe: “God sees beyond what we can see.” “God spoke…Abraham built an altar. God speaks…we build a church!” “God wants to awaken us with a lot of expectations – of what He will do through us and our churches.” “God will give us vision and provision.” AND ONE OF MY FAVS – “All our life has meaning – we somehow lose this as we grow older.” This life matters…for eternity. As we grow older, let’s plant more and stronger and more glorious gospel trees for the whole world to come and sit under!

Soon…Jeff

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