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John 21:16

Again Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me?"
He answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."

Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep."

Greater Love has no other than this, that He lay down His life for his friends. John 15:13

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Matthew 21:28

Here we see Jesus defining real love while obliterating the dominating
cultural idea of "leadership" that loves to command and always "looks upon" instead of
"walks beside" those whom they are leading.

Sanctification is by the simplest definition: the process becoming more like Jesus. I am challenged and humbled qiute often these days as the Lord open's up my gaze to this new horizon on what it means to work, serve, engage, love and lead other people who love and desire Him.

We are all learning so much about The kingdom of God, and for me two things right now seem to be dominating my heart and my thoughts.

The first......His aim is His Glory. period. Everything leads there and it all ends there.

It's not about me, its about His glory. EVERYTHING, is for His glory.

Perhaps we can take a deeper look at that another time.

The second thing however is; His divine anointing of the affection of people. All people. All the time.

Serving them.

talking to them.

loving them.

engaging them.

being humble, real, honest, concerned, listening, talking less. Being outward not inward.

This may seem extremely obvious but relationship is a deep ocean of learning and for my often selfish and solitary personality this is a big learning process.

Leadership is first off all not leading but following the Master, who alone leads.

It is also chiefly, service and work. That others may get ahead in the kingdom and that The Name be lifted up............not that I have attained all this, I say with Paul. By grace and patience I learn.

So let me move on from this introspect and introduce to you the two teams that will be heading to Southern Africa with us (co-leader Becca and I) in November.

I am excited that you guys can actually see , at least in some way the ministry that God has appointed us too and also to see the faces of these wonderful, smart, hungry, funny and motivated people we get to be with every day.

We are learning to walk along side them that they might be built up into the instruments of the Kingdom of God that they are in Christ releasing power and love following The Way to the ends of the earth.

I've been to a gym to lift weights about a thousand times but this is real body building.

Swaziland Team

Playng Soccer and Spending Time With Family From Local Community

Bryan Marsh, Jonathan Melo, Jessica Leonardi, Katie Graves and Lila Dillon

(front) (Back)

The South African Team

Heading Off to Dinner After Some Debrief/Team Time

Cait Evangelista, Rebecca Florke, Jenny Christensen, Garret Berkley, Myles Long

You Can follow each one of them for news, support and prayer on thier own individual blog pages. I will put there names and links below and don't forget they will be up for the remainder of the year they are in Africa.

South Africa:

Cait Evangelista- http://caitlynevangelista.myadventures.org

Rebecca Florke- http://rebeccaflorke.myadventures.org

Jenny Christensen-http://jennychristensen.myadventures.org

Garret Berkley- http://garrettberkley.myadventures.org

Myle Long- http://myleslong.myadventures.org

Swaziland:

Bryan Marsh- http://bryanmarsh.myadventures.org

Jonathan Melo- http://jonathanmelo.myadventures.org

Jessica Leonardi- http://jessicaleonardi.myadventures.org

Katie Graves- http://katiegraves.myadventures.org

Lila Dillon- http://liladillon.myadventures.org

Please pray that they will be filled by and in fellowship with The Holy Spirit more than ever before and that the world would know whom they belong to by the way they love each other.

That I would serve them like Jesus and with carry His own Heart for each of them.

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