Adventures in Missions

“And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: ‘Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who…

Alls’ well under the African sun. It’s Saturday and roughly around 90 degrees F outside. So we just played another soccer match (I keep wanting to call it football). I started in the first eleven again playing right winger. I…

I first started playing soccer with the guys who I was going to be witnessing to while in Swaziland. There are about 28 men who come to training so getting to know names and faces was tough and really awkward.…

Last Saturday was my first soccer game. I started in the first 11 and played the whole game. It was pretty sweet. I play right winger or forward or position number 7, however you like to call it. I almost…

 Swazi’s don’t usually fart. I like to fart. It’s a great ministry tool… I’ve now, against my own will, adopted a Swazi name: “Ma Suta.” It means Mr. Fart! They think it’s hilarious. Oh, the sacrifices to follow Jesus…

  Writings blogs is hard. It’s hard because all of the “cool things” that happen to me and that you want to hear all about are all just normal life to me. They are just not that big of a…

Where we’ve been staying in South Africa for Debrief, there is a pool. One day my good buddy Garrett were swiming and acted really dumb and jumping around and all the jazz. After quite a bit of not purposely trying to make…

Debrief, marking the halfway mark of my time in Swaziland. Debrief is exactly what the name is. My team and the other Novas team in South Africa met up with some Adventures In Missions leaders. Debreif is like a greiving…

“Make a score! Make a score” they yell to me when I have an open shot at goal. I wish you could actually hear their accents yelling out as they coach me along. I’m horrible at soccer. But I was…

 So a few weeks ago, I had it rough. Things were hard and I hit bottom. It’s tough to describe how things are hard. It’s not like being uncomfortable is hard, it’s not ministry is hard; it’s not that I’m…