GREENSide Update
  • reflecting a bit
    • Easter 2019: Four ‘D’ Words of The Passion Week
    • Spring 2019: ‘Kingdom of God’ Reflections a Week After
    • Early Winter 2018: Taking a Closer Look at The Advents
    • Late summer 2018: Impressions from the Incapacitated
    • Summer 2018... Confronting Fears
    • Happy New Year 2018 Wishes
    • Christmas 2017 - Reconstructing the Christmas Story
    • Fall 2017... Returning, Rest, Quietness & Trust
    • Summer 2017... Reflecting Pools Matter
    • Spring 2017... The Singularity of God's Kingdom Purposes
    • Winter 4th qtr. 2016... One Foot, Two Feet, Three
    • Fall 2016... Personal Confessions of Mistaken Political Thinking
    • Summer, 2016... Waiting and Listening
    • Resurrection Sunday, 2016
    • Winter 1st qtr, 2016... The Marrakesh Declaration
    • Christmas 2015 Greeting
    • End of Year, 2015... Are We To Care?
    • Spring 2015... What are you and I doing about it?
    • New Year's Day 2015... New Mercies Never End!
    • Christmas/New Year 2014/15... Holiday, Holiday, What have you done?
    • Fall 2014... On Kingdoms... Past, Present and Ethereal
    • Spring 2014... Didascalicon: Man, God and Greatness
    • Christmas 2013... Even in the Air and Space
    • Winter 2013/14... Callings
    • Christmas 2012... 'Jumping Beans' in old age
    • Spring 2012... New Beginnings
    • Fall 2011... People of Promise
  • a look behind
    • Spring 2019: ...Off the Starting Blocks
    • Early Winter 2018: Sabbatical Results and First Furlough Leg
    • Summer 2018... "Come and See"
    • Summer 2017... Making Full Circle
    • Spring 2017... Completing Pre-furlough Commitments
    • Fall 2016, JJ's New California Home!
    • Summer 2016... Accomplishing Significant Milestones
    • End of year, 2015: Building God's Kingdom Among the Middle East Unengaged Muslims
    • Summer 2015... Building Deeply in Small Ways
    • Christmas 2013 photos
    • Winter 2013/14... Up and Running!
    • Winter 2012... 'Global Impact 29', first steps
    • Fall 2011... A great school; A promising alliance
  • a look ahead
    • Spring 2019: Finishing Touches to a Special Furlough
    • Early Winter 2018: Expanding to New Beginnings
    • Summer 2018... Winding Around the Country
    • Summer 2017... Three Decades and Counting
    • Spring 2017... My Upcoming Two Greatest Decades
    • Winter 4th qtr. 2016... Our Upcoming Furlough, Part Two
    • Summer 2016... Our Upcoming Furlough, Part One
    • Early Winter 2016
    • Summer 2015... Looking to Remember the Middle East
    • Winter 2013/14... The West heads East
    • Winter 2012... Coming out, going deeper
    • Fall 2011... Getting and Giving 'Perspectives'
  • prayer
    • Spring 2019
    • Early Winter 2018
    • Late summer 2018
    • Summer 2018
    • Fall 2017
    • Spring, 2017
    • Winter 4th qtr. 2016
    • Fall, 2016
    • End of year, 2015
    • Summer 2015
    • Why pray?
    • Winter 2013/14
    • Winter 2012
    • Fall 2011
  • finances
    • Spring 2019
    • Early Winter 2018
    • Summer 2018
    • Winter 4th qtr. 2016... Year-end giving
    • Fall, 2016
    • End of year, 2015
    • Summer 2015
    • Winter 2013/14
    • Winter 2012
    • Fall 2011
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  • fun
  • more contemplation
  • in case you missed it
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                                                                  Fall, 2016 
1) Pray for peace in Colombia. There is so much emotion in the air right now regarding the four-year long peace process, referendum votes and plebiscites attempting to end a six-eight year civil war that has gone on far too long. For some great news juxtaposed learning lessons for us all clic here.

2) We are back in Colombia now following an emotionally exhausting time in the States over the summer, a trip we refer to as “Reconnect and Establish” as our main goal was to establish JJ in the USA for his subsequent life chapter. We're happy to say he's living with a fabulous family in Whittier, CA and looking for a job, making friends and establishing roots. Please pray JJ finds a great job in the next few weeks (clic here for more info).

3) We have been granted a 'Stateside Assignment' for 2017 that will begin early 2017. We think we will reunite with JJ at that time, but he will not travel with us across the country as we travel in my parent’s RV during what will be a very busy year. We hope to blog our entire trip with invitations to pray and/or visit us along the way. Ask God to open many ministry doors for us.

4) We hope to purchase a good dependable vehicle over the holidays to pull behind the RV. Please pray for the necessary funds for this to take place.

5) This 'Stateside Assignment' is coming precisely at the right time in our lives as our support is waning (clic here for more info). We had asked God to help us make it financially through the summer and he answered our prayers; this past month October was our first month of living on a “what comes in” monthly payroll that left us $1,000.oo in the red. Praise God we’ll have 2017 to trust Him to supply new fresh ministry support, as well as strengthen our wonderful long-term ministry financial partners. Pray to God that He grant us favor before His gracious and generous children who might wish to become ministry partners with us in prayer and finance.
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6) Finally, although we have been granted this important 'Stateside Assignment’ I will nevertheless travel back and forth to Colombia next year to respond to invitations to teach ‘Perspectives' and an 'Intro. to Islam' course, both to be offered in Medellín as prerequisites for a Middle Eastern practicum sometime in 2017 or 18. We have prayed for just such an opportunity in one of Colombia's prestigious seminaries and it seems God may be opening the door! I will therefore travel itinerantly back and forth throughout 2017.
Yet give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for mercy, O LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence, 2 Chronicles 6:19.

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