Dear Friends of ITEM, This report is not going to bring you to the edge of your seat but it is the start of a potentially strategic week that I’ll tell you about later in the report. Feel free to skip to the bottom if you want to but be warned, if you do you […]
THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING SPECIAL? Read More »
Dear ITEM Partner, I am writing from Mayfield Guest House, my oasis in Africa. If you’ve been on other trips with me you will recognize the name. I arrived Friday evening, April 26 (Friday morning PDT). It’s Saturday evening now. It’s been a day to mostly rest and prepare for the ministry ahead. But there
SEMINARS ALONE DON’T TRANSFORM CHURCHES Read More »
Dear ITEM Partner, In a week I’ll be heading back to Africa. After transitioning through Nairobi, Kenya, I’ll be participating in our Bible and Theology Seminar (we call it the Institute in the Foundations of Church Leadership-IFCL) in the coastal/ resort city of Mombasa, Kenya. See the map in the picture album. That seminar will
BACK TO AFRICA APRIL 25 Read More »
Dear ITEM Partner, As the members of our leadership teams from Kenya and Uganda shared updates with me, I was moved emotionally. At one point I thought I was going to tear up but stopped one inch short. The stories told by Hillary, Noah, Danis, David, Tom, Apollo, and Jacob (not a team member……yet) were
IT’S A MARATHON NOT A SPRINT Read More »
Hi Everyone, This was a travel day. Up at 6am, out the door at 7am. Short flight at 9:30am. Car to Busia (the border of Kenya/Uganda), arrived at 3 but spent time at ITEM Trainers home. Eric Ngala has quite a ministry. I was told while on the way we’d be there 10-15 minutes. But
YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN AFRICA WHEN . . . Read More »
Monday, January 28, 2019 Dear Prayer Partners, Quick update before heading to the airport to fly to Rwanda to meet with guys from Rwanda and Burundi Tuesday morning. I met with a potential ministry partner then took a tour of Mayfield Guest House, my home in Africa. I met this morning with Erick Waweru (forgot
EKKLESIA, MAYFIELD, AND A HANDKERCHIEF Read More »
Sunday, January 27, 2019 Dear ITEM Partner, I got into Nairobi shortly after 5am after a red-eye flight from Accra, Ghana. It was bumpy (turbulent) throughout the flight. I tried to nap but it was harder than normal. I got to Nairobi, then Mayfield Guest House (my oasis/refuge) in Africa. After breakfast I took a
RANDOM THOUGHTS & THE COMING WEEK Read More »
