Focus on Korea

As you may have already heard, Beth and I have recently accepted positions as missionaries in South Korea. We will be teaching English at the Wesley Missionary School and helping Korean kids to share their faith in the international languages of English and love.

This is a fantastic opportunity for us to be able to give of ourselves from the blessings God has given to us. It is also a huge step of faith. The school is providing us with housing and a monthly stipend to take care of our needs once we arrive, so we don’t need to raise monthly support, but we do need your help before we go. Here is our list of needs:

• Three plane tickets to Seoul, South Korea (estimated total $2700.00)
• One medium sized dog crate
• Money for three visas (estimated total $200.00)
• Two expedited passports (total $300.00)
• A foster home for Stella (a very well-behaved, very sweet, spayed, lab/golden mix)
• One or two LARGE suitcases
• Medium and large boxes for packing
• Storage space or money for rental of storage (estimated $500.00) for one year
• Vaccination costs and quarantine fees (estimated total $300.00)
• Lots of Prayer!!!!

We ask that you pray with us that these needs will be met and, if you are able, to please give generously to allow God to use us to reach the children of Korea. As with any mission work, the ongoing support that we receive through your prayers is the most important way that you can help. We are very excited and looking forward to this new opportunity for God to show us his wondrous love.

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http://www.wesleymission.yurx.com

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Auld Lang. . .whatever

A new blog for a new year, but why? Am I so egotistical as to believe that people really want to read my senseless ramblings? . . .maybe. In any case, the rambling begins here.

Do you ever feel stuck in a rut? Like your life was supposed to be something or mean something but you just got held-up along the way? 2006 really sucked. At the end of it I sit here as a 29 year old, former youth minister, still stuck in a low-paying dead-end job, still stuck in Denton, still stuck with the same frustations and stresses as last year, still just stuck. I used to tell the youth group that God had amazing and wonderful plans for their lives but I find myself doubting that those plans might ever apply to me. And with doubt comes confusion and disruption until you find yourself in a downward spiral of despair and depression.
I don't want to give the wrong impression, the content of my life is wonderful, it's the direction (or lack of direction) that's the problem. I have a beautiful, loving, supportive wife who I am absolutely in love with and a brilliant, adorable daughter who lights up the room when she walks in. It's not the people or the stuff or the ways that God provides for me. I have more blessings than I could ever count, but I can't escape the feeling that I am supposed to do more than just sit and wait.
SO . . . I am a man in search of a purpose, a direction, an outlet, a ministry. I need to be re-directed into something meaningful, even if it's small.
If you find it, let me know.