January 2012
1 post
Time for an update!
It’s high time for an update! It’s something I’ve intended to do several times since I returned from Ireland around the 1st of December, but I hit the ground running and honestly, it kept getting bumped down the priority list. But here we are, so…
First, about Ireland: The time spent in Ireland filling in for Clay at Calvary Waterford was brilliant. I taught on Sundays...
November 2011
1 post
You probably thought, now why don't he write?
Well, its been quite a bit of time since our last update on our missions blog. A lot has happened since then, including moving from our house into an apartment, my dad navigating through a serious head injury and having to take some extended time away from the ministry, some hiccups in the progression of getting Pierce’s mouth surgeries done, and various other bits and pieces of adventure....
August 2011
2 posts
Prayer request!
Please be praying as Pastor Clay goes tomorrow to look at this prospective Bible College location! Pray for wisdom for him, and providence and provision as we continue to pursue this vision to see a Bible College established in Waterford, Ireland! We’re super excited about what the Lord is doing!
As a side note, I’ve been praying for this particular building ever since I saw it...
Update:
Well, to bring things up to speed, in the last update I wrote about how we were about to have a meeting with Pat Kenney with Shepherds Staff, to see about being accepted. Well, we were, and so other than some final paperwork to finish up, we’re dialed on that front.
We originally were working towards Sept-October as a move date, but we’ve move that back to Feb-March, as we were able...
July 2011
1 post
Quick update and prayer request:
Chels and I will be having a Skype meeting with Pat Kenney, who is the regional director of Shepherd’s Staff, which is the missionary facilitation ministry that we are hoping to connect with. This meeting will involve discussing our applications, and basically where we’re at with getting to Ireland, and Lord willing, be a major step forward in this process.
Would you please lift us...
May 2011
4 posts
WatchThis is an awesome 5 minute video made by my friend Max Page about Calvary Waterford and the work that the Lord is doing there. If you’re following the journey that Chels and I are on, then please watch this. You won’t regret it. (PS, look for the Spurgeonesqe character leaning against a scaffolding. That would be me. I did actually work while we were there, I promise. ;)
Some thoughts on missions by Pastor Chris Ward
Today, I want to share what my friend Chris Ward, who is the pastor of Calvary Maricopa in Phoenix, Arizona wrote as a guest post for our blog. I hope you’re as blessed by what he wrote as I was.
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People talk a lot about missions. They debate the effectiveness of short-term vs. long-term missions. They debate whether it’s better to go to another country or...
Family (A REALLY BIG FAMILY)
This past weekend, Chels, Phin, and I travelled to El Centro, CA to share in the wedding reception for our friends Leah and Mikey, and so I could share a little bit about Ireland with the Calvary there in El Centro. It was a sweet time of fellowship from beginning to end.
One thing that really struck me was the warmth with which we were received. I know part of that stems from the...
Guest Post by Barbi Robnett!
Several weeks ago, Barbi Robnett and I were discussing the nature of missions, why they are important, and basically bantering different thoughts back and forth. During the course of that conversation, I suggested that Barbi write a guest post for our blog. So she did. This is what she wrote:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Go to the land I will show you (Gen 12:1) Go, just pack it up and go, just...
April 2011
1 post
Why Ireland?
It’s a question that I’ve been asked numerous times in the last several months. It’s a question that has a short and a long answer. The short answer is: “Because God is telling us to go.” For us, that’s enough. But we understand that for many, that can seem shallow, vague, and even flippant. So I wanted to share a bit more about some of the current...
March 2011
2 posts
Another big step...
I (CJ) just got off the phone with the director of Shepherd’s Staff Mission Facilitators. They are a ministry that specializes in helping and facilitating missionaries get out (and stay out) in the field. While it certainly isn’t necessary to go through a mission’s organization, after a lot of prayer and thought, I feel like it’s the direction that the Lord wants us to...
Reflection on these past 2 weeks...
Well, we’re back in America again. It was an epic journey back home that took longer than expected, but we finally made it back. It was so good to see the boys again, and Mom and Dad Kelly. It was an awesome trip, and the days seemed to fly by. Although our express purpose for this trip was “fact finding” and gathering the information we need to make the move over there, we...
February 2011
3 posts
Can one's heart get any bigger
This is my first time writing on this blog so I hope you all enjoy and are blessed to hear what God is, has and will be doing in our trek to Ireland.
We really wanted to write on the blog a few days back but have found ourselves a bit busy with all that there is in Ireland. Our first few days here we went to Limmerick and walked around while the senior pastor of Waterford Clay met with some other...
Tomorrow...
…Chels and I start our journey back to Eire. (Well, back for me, this is her first time). I wish I could articulate how excited we are! We will be leaving Las Vegas around 11:30 Nevada time, and we’ll land in Dublin around 1 PM on Wednesday. During this trip we’ll be researching our options for housing, and other cost of living expenses. Besides that, we’ll be spending...
ONE WEEK!
In one week, Chelsi and I will be on a plane, starting our journey to Ireland. To say that we’re excited would be a ridiculous understatement. I am ecstatic to return, and I am very happy to have Chelsi with me this time. There were so many times last October that I wished she was with me, as I experienced the beauty of Ireland and the Irish people for the first time, and I am so glad...
January 2011
1 post
Our first post...
Well, this is exciting! I know to some it may not be that big of a deal, but writing our first post from our missionary blog is pretty exciting on our end. :)
A short summary up to this point: While most of you reading this already know much of what I’m about to write, for the benefit of those who don’t, I’m gonna bring everyone up to speed on where we are at and how we got...