We had the whole team contribute to today’s recap… Quite a humorous operation.
This is the place to keep up with our team. We’ll try to update this blog at least 4-5 times between now and July 3rd. Hopefully with some different voices contributing to it.
Our prep team leaves today for Brazil 2010! We’re so excited about what God is going to do in and through this group. We covet your prayers — below, I posted my email to my personal prayer support team. Feel free to use it as a guide if you choose to pray for us.
Here’s the team prayer card that a friend of ours from CPC made for us. It has each member’s picture and some general requests on it:
Here’s a copy of the email I sent to my prayer team:
Friends,
Thanks for your heart to be on my personal prayer team for this year’s Brazil missions trip! I am very excited — it’s my 6th time there! I attached our team prayer card.
This year, I have specific requests…
First, for the whole team. Please pray for:
– Safety for our team during ministry, work project, and travel
– Worship & ministry in two churches on Sunday
– Softened hearts that are ready to receive the gospel
– Powells & Deans – missionaries in Brazil that we will work with
– Growth for our team and each member’s walk with God
– For God to be glorified as a result of this team’s efforts in BrazilSecond, for me personally. Please pray each day for:
– My leadership and service. That I would be gracious and wise this week as I co-lead this trip (pray this for Tim Parsons as well)
– Personal health and safety
– Opportunities to share Christ with many Brazilians
– Translation where/when I can. While I am no pro by any means, I want to help our missionaries to the best of my ability and I have some experience
– Opportunities to pour into members of our team
– For spiritual growth and fellowship with God. I want God to break my heart for what breaks his.Thank you again! I am praying that God does big things and I appreciate you joining with me…
Also – make sure to follow my twitter updates throughout the trip here.
Thanks in advance for your prayer support… God bless.
Josh Harris, a pastor and evangelical Christian leader, posted a poem that a close friend of his wrote about Good Friday. As I read it to my wife, we were both moved to tears. It summed up that horrific day with beautiful clarity and artistry. I pray this blesses you as it did me.
How awesome is that day to me-
O day of hallowed history!
Set time in God’s determined plan
To sacrifice the Son of Man.
What famous work that day was done
By Jesus Christ, His Perfect Son!
The Second Adam, sent to save,
Humbly obeying to the grave!
How savage is that day to me-
O day of pure brutality!
When Christ, the Son of God Most High,
Was fiercely whipped and hung to die.
And O the horror of my sin,
Seen there in His appalling skin!
For God struck down- as meant for me-
The sinless One, at Calvary.
How precious is that day to me-
O day of purchased liberty!
In Him, a freeman now I live;
My sins, through death, did God forgive.
No wrath at length looms o’er my head,
But lovingkindness there instead.
His righteousness, my guilt replaced,
And Love, this ransomed soul embraced!
O awesome, savage, precious day-
‘Tis God the Savior on display!
What peerless, holy, gracious Mind
Would fashion such a Grand Design?
By Kevin Hartnett, September 2001
