Author: Adventures

My experience thus far at Passport training camp can be summed up in three words: He is better. He is better than spending my summer my way. He is better than sleeping in and spending my days tanning by the pool. He is better than hanging out with my friends and family. He is better than living in my comfort zone. Now, none of these things are bad things. In fact, they’re all good things, but right now at this point in my life, they are not His highest for me. And where I’m at in my life, I need His highest. I cannot settle for anything less. The Lord began to open the door for...

“Catch on fire and others will love to come watch you burn.”  ― John Wesley Fire has been a recurring theme at training camp, as John the Baptist says that Jesus will "baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire" (Matthew 3:11). I truly feel like my spirit has been set on fire with the desire to serve God and share the freeing news of the Gospel with those that have not heard it or put their trust in the Lord.  One of the activities that has really impacted me so far has been the "surrender exercise." Everyone was given a peice of firewood upon...

Well. The Lord has done so much since the beginning of training camp. For one thing, I did not realize that having a team with six girls and me as the only guy was going to be challenging. I didn’t think that I’d be insecure about me filling in the manly role of the group, but in the end, I was terrified. By the third day of training the Lord broke those chains of fear and now I love my group. The Lord has even increased our group’s passion for New Zealand. Beyond the prophetic readings I’ve seen in scripture, the excitement from my team has increased a yearning for...

The past 4 days at training camp have been crazy. We've been trained to be missionaries, by missionaries. We've heard from people who've been overseas dozens of times and are speaking from experience as they encourage and advise us, the rookies.  We've talked with God, heard from God, given praise and glory to God. We've made instant friends because we're supposed to, but it was easy and could've happened anyway, and I know that soon these friends are going to become family. We've already seen God at work and we haven't even left the country yet....