It has been an incredible years already, and i have traveled many miles already. Ministry as a US/C2 missionary is fascinating, and we found out on Thursday that I have been approved to serve for an extra year, so i guess they can call me the US/C3 now... i dunno.
Many of you know that we lost our Group Coordinator at Intracoastal Outreach back in August for another position, so we went August - First of February without one. I am so thankful for a new Group Coordinator in our office and the work Kristyn will do for our ministry as we strive to grow and build ICO for the Kingdom.
Here's a funny story: This morning I preached at one of our WBA churches out in Galivants Ferry. I preached on Job as a man of Faith out of the first two chapters in the book of Job and concluded in the latter part of the end in chapter 42. I left the church after the service to head back this way to the beach, already having planned to eat at Zaxby's for lunch (cause i had this taste for good chicken fingers). So here I was driving down the road and i felt this thing in my pocket. I was like, 'don't tell me i left the church with the wireless microphone'. Sure enough, I had done just that. Figuring I'd call the pastor (who was on his way back from vacation) sometime this afternoon, I was to focused on eating lunch because preaching makes me really hungry. As I am eating my lunch inside at the Zaxby's place, one of the students in the church gets out of his truck and comes in to order. I get his attention, ask him if he is going back to church tonight, and he replied that he was. I then asked him, laughing on the inside of course, if he would do me a favor by taking the microphone back to the church. Immediately he called his pastor (thankfully the pastor did not answer), because he just couldn't believe I 'stole' the church's mic. Funny story, and I thought you'd get a kick out of it.
I've been to three conferences already, and i fly out this Friday for a NAMB event, where I'll speak five times about the ministry (Intracoastal Outreach) that I'm a part of here in
1. A New Kind of Student Ministry - by Chris Folmsbee
2. Love This! - by Andy Braner
Probably one of the greatest blessings of my ministry position is meeting new people and getting to know others more closely. The list below is some of those that I'm thankful for putting into my life over the past two months, and others who are constantly a part of my life in a special way:
- Richard, Sarah, and Douglas Jenkins
- Todd, Amy, Ellyn-Kate, Caroline, and Abby Wood
- Waccamaw Baptist Association, all WBA pastors, and Brother Rick and Donna Astle
- Renee Sullivan and Lee Avery
- ICO's new group coordinator Kristyn Sewell (praise the Lord for her)
- Ministry encouragers and partners like Larry Lemming and Amanda Bouchillon at Lowcountry Ministry
- NAMB missionary-family like Randy and Jeannie Mullinax, other US/C2'ers Erika Holt and Michelle Bruss... and new friends like Chad Moore and Jennifer Mackey
- Of course, i cannot be a miss to mention my bestest friends Ryan and Melissa Peduzzi who have a new found love for me and trekking Himalayan Mountains in Nepal :)
- Caroline Wham, who sadly sunk the Hunley to get a ride in a silver Camry
- and to wrap up a long list, every WMU lady who prays for me, those back home at
So to close this post on this sometimes-ever-so-slow-updating blog, I will end with a picture of Ryan and Melissa and I on the airplane from the country of
