A Brief Update

It's been so long since I've updated this blog and only God knows why. Maybe it's just that I don't feel too confident in which direction I want to pursue, or maybe it's just that I've been busy. Here's an update with what I've been busy with:

I got back to California (from Macedonia) on August 29th, 2010. Since then, I've started working as the interim manager at an A/G owned campground. They're looking for full time/long term managers but in the mean time, things need to stay operational, and that's what I'm doing. I'm running a small grocery/camp store, pumping propane, and renting out our campsites. Other than that, I'm helping to launch a children's ministry at New Hope Assembly in Garberville, California. It's still small but the church only launched it's re-plant last April, less than a year ago. The church in general has been growing but as far as the children's ministry is concerned, it seems to be pretty slow going and at times I find it hard not to get discouraged about it. But I do know that in order for it to grow, the general congregation has to be more committed to the church and then to its ministries and start reaching out to the kids of the community. All I hope is that I will possibly reach a few and leave a sort of template for how to lead the children's ministry so that someone else can come in and pick up where I leave off in the future.

So that's my life right now in a nutshell. I'm taking advantage of having a small income and smaller outgo, and am pursuing a couple musical instruments a bit more actively, with the newest being drums. Now I am playing: Saxophone, Bass Guitar, Accousitic Guitar, and Drums.

As far as my future goes, I'm praying for direction. I'm going to be applying to AGTS for next fall. I'm thinking about pursuing a Masters of Arts in Intercultural Ministry with a possible focus in Muslim Ministries. I'm not sure that's where God wants me but I'm fleecing Him out, knowing that if it's where He wants me, He'll fling the doors open and if it's not, He'll slam them shut. God speaks to us in so many different ways, and it's hard to see that sometimes, that we might limit Him to speak to us and guide is in the same way He did it for us last time. So with that said, I'm trying to keep an open heart about what it is He wants. All I really want to do with my life is go where He leads and do what He wants.

So, pray for me that He will lead, as He always does in His own ways. Pray for patience as I wait on Him.