They landed at Manchester safely with all of their bags. In other ‘whoa the world is connected’ news, JBourq’s nephew, who is leading a startup church, lives around the corner from the Manchester airport and is going to try to meet them to make sure they get on the train okay.
Most of you have probably heard about the London bomb that was found and diffused early Friday morning. Interestingly enough, this afternoon is when we send off our England team. I was there to pray with them before they left as a team for the airport. They are not traveling through London […]
On the eve of the iPhone release, read about the Nokia 1100, which has a built-in flashlight. The phone, designed for developing countries, is one of the best selling consumer electronics devices in the world, beating the iPod, Motorola RAZR, LG Chocolate, and Sony Playstation 2. via My heart’s in Accra
This is ELB [Lynn], one of our NYC team leaders, on the left. She and her friend SS are telling a bit of their story at the block party that all of Mission Advance went to this past weekend. I interviewed Lynn last night during an NYC team fundraiser at a local restaurant. […]
::: African Windmill
William had to drop out of secondary school in 2002 because his family lacked funds to pay his school fees. Determined to continue his education, he started reading books from the primary school library, which had been contributed by USAID in a teacher training scheme. He discovered a pair of books on energy, […]
Quite a weekend with our summer teams. Once again, our goals were to train, inspire, and tightly gel teams. Thanks to those of you that were praying for our weekend and thanks to all of those that made it happen, from help with the food prep, all the acts for The Axis, and […]
Thanks for taking a look at our prayer calendar and know that we appreciate you thinking about our summer teams. Each date that has a significant SPACE event is filled in with something that could be prayed about [pay no attention to the times.] Click on “Agenda” tab for details, events, names, etc.
Thanks […]
This is a busy week around the international SPACE office. We are preparing for the second annual Mission Advance weekend - the weekend where all teams come together for some missions prep. We still believe it’s a great idea and this weekend is a great venue for making sure that we send teams […]
We just put the final touches on trip number 5 - a mini missions experience for middle school students. Long time readers will remember that for the past three summers, we have taken teams of students to serve at CMTS, which gives participants a very unique view of the world, an out-of-the-box perspective on […]
These are my parents Frank and Pauline with our two little characters… My dad finished seven rounds of chemo a few weeks ago and he looks good, relatively speaking. Thanks to you all for praying for him since he had surgery for colon cancer in November.
Happy Fathers Day to you all.
OK - I’ve done this before, but I’ll just do it again… hehe.
Happy Father’s Day, ts!
(and if you want to wish him the same, just do it here!)
~deanna
We had another Hungary team meeting late last week and as the plans for the staff conference and our team continues to gel, there is a real sense of destiny and purpose for what we are going to do there. This is one of the phases of trips I love - an undercurrent of […]
M… subversive…network…those who MUST…to help humanity…Join us.
I didn’t think Mommy was *that* surprised…. Click for larger. From Em’s Paw Print Press [self publishing for elementary school kids] book.
::: “cults are the unpaid bills of the church…” and Burning Man - link
::: Portable Youth Ministry
- go to where students are, a school campus, rather than asking them to come to us- people serving in different capacities- forces you to be efficient
linkBy the way, D has been trying to sell a mini version of […]
Q: Do we need new churches planted in the suburbs?
A: Absolutely. These are places that need to hear the Gospel. There is a lot of room for planters who can think creatively, who see the world of suburbia as a missionary would. Very few people try that in the suburbs because they just […]
The blog has been fairly quiet for a few days now and I’ve probably tried to write this post 20 some times. We’ve had to deal with a few very difficult situations last week - some of them would have been quite frustrating on their own. Instead, they have been coupled with one […]
movieswhat we could bring[those top two links are some new friends that have connected with us- they have two girls the same age as the Sheng girls - insight into life in another culture]
The 2nd most popular boys name in the UKPassive indifference to faith has left Europe’s churches mostly empty
A simple case of dependency is where missionaries start a church, a school or a hospital without figuring out how those things can be run by the local people. These projects may run just fine as long as a missionary (they don’t have to pay) is there to help, or as long as monthly infusions […]
The session culminated with a healthy dose of controversy. Ugandan journalist Andrew Mwenda gave a fiery talk, articulating his well-honed arguments against foreign aid, which he views in no uncertain terms as Africa’s problem, not its solution. Eloquent, funny and forceful, Mwemba sent a jolt through the divided audience. Many stood and cheered; others muttering […]
Middle SchoolTwo days of local service opportunities near Howard County, MD[more details soon - post will be updated then]
::: BaltimoreIncoming 10th gradersTeam of 7 leader and 12 studentsServing in Baltimore with Chain ReactionJuly 1 - 7, 2007$5400
::: New York CityIncoming 11th gradersTeam of 6 leaders and 13 studentsServing in New York City with Urban Impact […]
“On the one hand, it means small groups can make very bad decisions, because influence is more direct and immediate and small-group judgments tend to be more volatile and extreme. On the other hand, it also means that small groups have the opportunity to be more than just the sum of their parts. […]
