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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                                                                 Winter 2013/14
Up and Running!
Where to begin.  First, I'll say this website in it's new format has taken many months to configure correctly, and so to adequately update you on what's happened during our long website hiatus would be next to impossible. Nevertheless, what follows is an attempt to summarize the most salient...
The big news these last few months has been the successful launching of Global Impact 29. With a complete curriculum (yes, we're published now; see the green book to the right) that includes our central  focus of  prayer  for 
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The iG29 student packet
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One of our early meetings
the unengaged Mus_lim peoples of the world, we are also accepting invitations and looking to God for opportunities for  service  both  locally  and  internationally  (clic here for a look at what's coming).   At present  we  have  committed
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students and we sense we're off to a roaring start. We meet in a local Kurdish restaurant during the week, a restaurant founded and led by a good friend who returned from that field, but is on his way back there once again. We are purposely working hard to keep the group small and manageable, unlike other groups we've led in the past as this affords us better 'mentoring' options.  We're looking for 'intentionality' in all we do, which keeps our eyes searching for those committed to the 'call' of God to reach the unreached (clic here to reflect a bit more on 'the call').  If you'd like to learn more about our program iG29 clic here and email me for the password.

Other important news is that we've re-established relationships in northern Colombia, that great panhandle called 'La Guajira' where there are many Mus_lims we hope to touch with the love of Christ Jesus. 

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To the left is the delightful family that has taken up our cause and continues to look for opportunities in La Guajira with the hope their land might truly bless the nations one day. 

Beyond the incredibly strategic nature of this part of Colombia to our work, I was brought to tears with a special touch of love, beauty and creativity from Alex and Novis' daughter D---- (they asked I not place her name on the internet).  While I was there she wrote and sang me the following song (following is the translation)...
"Roberto is a decent man, Roberto is a cordial man, Roberto is an intelligent man. He is very friendly, he is very friendly. He comes from the United States and travels all over. His favorite country is Colombia. His wife is very pretty. He has a 15-year-old son. His favorite city in Colombia is Chocó. He is a pastor and this song is from my heart."

Wow! What do you do with such a blessing from God!  Such makes our work here in Colombia all the more gratifying to be sure.
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