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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Fall, 2017
Our sabbatical has begun. We couldn't be more thrilled! This will be a time to Rest, find Refreshment and seek to be Refocused in our hearts for what lay ahead. We do have much to report to you and much to think about for the future, but all this we will share in the proper moment. For now we request your ardent prayer in the following areas:

1) ...qualitative rest in the Lord. This does not mean television (for that reason we will fast television throughout the year), nor does it mean taking vacations (we do have a few vacation get-aways planned along our travels, but recognize vacations often times create more tensions rather than lessening them). What this does mean for us is to intentionalize longer periods of time with our Lord... reading and meditating on His Word, praying and giving contemplative reflection to our past, present and future. Pray we have such times in the midst of what is certain to be a fast-moving time of reconnecting with family, friends and ministry partners.

2) ...traveling grace. We will be crossing the USA coast-to-coast in a loaner RV that is an older model requiring more maintenance than we had anticipated. Don't get us wrong... we are thankful! But it has required unforeseen expenditures. Please pray God supplies us the finances in order to successfully make all the travel we anticipate. NOTE: give Him thanks for our tow vehicle, a brand new vehicle leased for us by a dear supporting church! Praise the Lord for His gift to us as we depend upon Him in thanks for this dependable vehicle!!!

3) ...five trips we will make beyond the borders of the continental USA during our sabbatical. One is imminent... a Western Caribbean cruise with all of K.'s extended family December 2-9 
in celebration of his parent's 60th anniversary. The ship pulls out of port the very day of their anniversary. We will celebrate and enjoy good times together, a wonderfully welcome commencement of a great holiday season planned this year. The other four trips will be in 2018; more on these trips as things firm up. Suffice to say we need prayer for wisdom to know whether we should do them all, when we would do them if at all and how they all will be done in God's provision and perfect timing. Thank the Lord the cruise has been paid!!!

4) ...our December/January East coast ministry trip, full of connections with ministry partners, new church contacts and undoubtedly cold and snowy down-times. We ask prayer not only for safety on the roads in one of the most treacherous driving times in the USA, but also God's provision for these tropical wimps who have yet to purchase cold weather gear (what are we thinking? Lord have mercy!). A major petition will be for our time with JJ and his girl friend traveling along with us all. This is a new development for everyone and one we look forward to engaging with the love, care and grace of our Father God as He leads. Our most northern leg will terminate in Old Town Boston Common in the historic Park Street Church where we will share with those interested in the ministry we do. Not only will this be a first visit for us to Boston, but one we trust will result in positive outcomes for God's Kingdom purposes. Pray for this meeting, as well as the logistics and opportunities we will have throughout these travels. The trip ends back south in Texas where many new ministry developments are in process. Stay tuned...

5) ...life back home in Colombia. Praise Him for our Bogotá home renters who have exceeded our expectations in so many ways! Ask God to not only continue overseeing our home and cherished neighborhood, but also the entire team of the Colombian Sending Base of Frontiers, as well as disciples and cherished friendships we miss. There are many ministry changes in the air and we all need to clearly hear God's voice as we search His heart for His end-time harvest purposes! In a word, we are looking forward to a greater mobilization of His laborers into the unengaged and unreached MusIim fields, trusting Him to show us who might go, when and how. These are exciting times indeed!!!

Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
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and the ends of the earth your possession.
Psalm 2:8, ESV

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