One of our team members, BB, has spent a part of the early morning in the bathroom with stomach issues. I readily offer him up as a token sacrifice to the stomach gods that be so that I may escape his dire situation. But hey, I’m a leader. Around mid-morning, NLind is […]
Here is another update. Please remember the health of this team in your prayers!
Good Morning America!!!
Just talked to G and we need to keep praying for the health of the team. L and E are doing better. L is still on a BRAT diet with a tender tummy. B woke up […]
Sunday is our first full day of camp. The schedule is similar to a retreat with talks immediately followed by small group time, meals and games and beach time in the afternoons. G is smart enough to know that small groups are the medium by where relationships are built and lives are transformed. […]
This is Deanna posting. I just heard from WN with these prayer requests for the team in Kribi. Here is what she sent. Please, if you feel led, life these up in prayer.
Thanks!
Hi Warriors,
Just heard from G and they are doing well. The weather is not rainy and they are having […]
The process of putting on this camp is a major logistical spider web - funny that Mission Advance was a precursor to the summer in that fashion. Luckily for me, I just had to show up - 6000 miles away. G Nen manages all of it effortlessly. Incredibly adaptable, laid-back and soft […]
A quick update from Friday’s activities — today had a bunch of cultural orientation and planning sessions for the student camp that will start tomorrow. The team is all well and healthy and enjoying their time together while planning for the camp and enjoying their time with their host families.The student camp starts tomorrow and […]
It would be safe to say that most teams had a jolt last night due to the culture. Cameroonian homes are not like ones in the States. One team has no running water inside the house - they have plumbing just no water through it. Buckets are used for both showers and […]
We flew from DC via Paris and Douala to Yaounde. 12 people, 24 checked bags. Miraculously, all of us and our stuff made it to Yaounde with no issues. Our flights were on time, we had seats and the gobs of stuff we packed all made it.
On our flight, we met an […]
Hi allA quick note just to let you know that the team has arrived here in Yaounde safe and sound. All of our bags also made it safely and all of our flights had minimal delays. The team is now settling in with their host families tonight with cultural orientation and prepping for […]
So we leave for the airport in about 22 hours. This will probably be the last post for at least a little bit. Here are some things I’m doing before we go:
- Putting all email addresses for parents onto a flash drive file. I’m not sure how much access we will have […]
“Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics.” - Omar Bradley, General of the US Army
I’m certainly learning about this idea this summer. More on that later. In the meantime, read the post titled Logistics and Movements from Sam Metcalf
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Another very busy weekend. But luckily, the fourth of our five teams is away. LA left yesterday afternoon and I had a fun time hanging with them in the final minutes before they departed. And our Merge team came home and they seemed to have a great trip all in all.
The Cam […]
KCoats [this coming year’s SPACE intern], ESunde [last year’s SPACE intern] and I went to visit the Merge team tonight. The team is doing great, they are having a great time. Intriguing first comment from JWhitt [one of the leaders], “This is nothing like I expected. It isn’t a missions trip, it’s […]
** The 5 hottest religions in HollywoodMy favorite - a purported benefit to the Vedic religion is flying… Of course, the article doesn’t exactly make Christianity sound that intelligent either… via Thunderstruck
** An interview with Erwin McManus on the The Leadership Blog
6. What goals do you have as a leader?Erwin: i would like to change […]
"Let others complain that this age is evil. My complaint is that this age is paltry. It lacks passion. " - Soren Kierkegaard
Hi Dear Friends of SPACE –
Hope this July finds you well - thanks once again for your thoughts and prayers for our students and leaders that seek to communicate God’s passion for the […]
From the CSM DC blog, some comments from our team from last week:
I have really enjoyed my stay here at CSM. It’s been a great experience and a great opportunity to grow with my friend, Tyler. I’d actually like to come back here next summer, or go on another CSM trip to another city in […]
This weekend was pretty much a total blur. But I think I was involved in some good things, including a lot of Skip-Bo games with K… I’ve never played before and she has consistently beat me for the first 9 or 10 games. But yesterday…. I dominated…
In other non-Dad-has-to-win items…
- Worked from […]
Well, the LC team of 14 departed for CMTS this morning. There was a bit of confusion up until last night with some vehicles - most of that was because I was in the middle of it. I should have taken care of it before I left for vacation, but oh well. […]
A few of us went to have dinner with the DC team tonight. They have had a few bumps this week, but overall, the team is doing great. Morale was high, they still had a lot of energy and most of them seemed to enjoy the Thai food.
There were six of us that […]
The Hollywood Sign
sunset at Venice Beach
The Korean Bell
VMK…
Disney fireworks
Tonight I drove down unexpectedly to visit the DC team. They had an issue with one of their cars today and needed to switch it out. Since the Madre is here most of this week with her car, it was totally easy for us to switch one of our cars.
It was […]
Wow… it was a good as I expected it. D and I visited the 5pm service at the Mayan, along with UncleDve. The music was great and loud. Erwin was, of course, right on, speaking on Pressure, in the middle of their SportsCenter series.
UncleDve was easily the oldest person there […]
I wish I was there to see them off, but alas, I’m still in So Cal [at least as of when I pre-wrote this post.] They will be spending all week with CSM in DC. It’s a great team - quality students and leaders and I’m sure they are going to have a […]
[Post pre-written before leaving for vacation - another fun day in Disneyland - at the urging of K, we both rode the Grizzly River Rapids and, of course, I got soaked and she was totally dry.]
LB’s notes here.
Interesting to me –- No major denomination in the U.S. regards the apostolic mission as its highest priority […]
[Post pre-written before leaving for vacation - Disneyland today was pretty cool…]A few weeks ago, our church van blew up. It was a good friend. When we think of partners in ministry, we talk a lot about people, financial and prayer supporters, teams of people and stuff. This van was a partner […]
Happy Independence Day! We are having a great family vacation.
Photo: Venice Beach, the first time the girls put their feet in the Pacific.
[Post pre-written before leaving for vacation]** CRM has launched a new web page with lots of cool resources for leader development, mission, church planting, etc. PodcastsSpeedLead - 10 minute exercises in leadership development - great idea huh?
** All 92 sneezed at the same time.
** Blending in abroad.
[Post pre-written before leaving for vacation]This is what my kids were learning about last week at VBS in CT with the Madre. I was very impressed and excited when they got home. My guess would be 75% of adult Christians in America have no idea what THUMB means and why they should at […]
