So heres the deal folks. As a first year student i have the opportunity to go on a ten day mission trip to Guatemala. From what i understand so far, the team that goes will be wittnessing to mainly school age children and teen through the avenue of skits, a local Bible club, a church, and open air evangilism. I will be going during my march break which would be March 16-25. I would like to ask you all for two things. Firstly and more importantly I would like you to pray for me as I venture out into this totally unkown area of ministry (for me at least lol). Prayer for my health while i am there, pray that i will be able to get all my papers together so that i can get there and pray for me to be a godly wittness while i am there. Secondly unfortunatly there will be a cost. The total cost of the trip is $1630. The school has asked me to raise $200 by november 1st, $815 by december 1st and the total amount of $1630 by January 2nd. I pray that all of you will support me wether it be through prayer or finacially or both and thank you for it now in advance. I am truly blessed to be allowed this opportunity. I will leave you with this one last thing a verse from the book of Acts. "but you will recieve power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." Acts 1:8 Now i realize that Guatemala isn't the remotest part of the earth but its a start.
For those intrested they may contact me at arcanearcher@hotmail.ca

OCT 21, 1:45 pm

Wow its been a while since i have updated this thing.  hmm... what has happened since oct 4th.....

Well in class i have complete gensis 1-11, acts 1-12, and the book of Leviticus.  It has been a LOT of reading and quizes and tests.  On top of this i am now taking a first aid course and two other electives.  one deals with being an RA and the other is about Local Church Minisrties.  

So today i am leading my ministry team in helping to run and set up Harvest Jamboree.  It is a carnival kind-of event that is all free and is for the surrounding community. 

Tomorrow i have an all day lab for my first aid elective.  Learning how to wrap splint and stop bleeding as well as carring some one out of the woods on a strecher

Well that all for now.
Josh

Oct 4 9:30pm

So i got back from OAE last night.  And it was amazing!  I got to wittness to around ten people!  Over all through the entire team God saw 121 seeds planted and 8 decisions to trust God as their saviour.  I had breakfast with one of my fellow RA's and he is also my accountability partner, anyways he said some things that really got me thinking and as a resault...

So many people cry out to God and ask where is He? Well He's here and there and all around us. But most importantly He is in Heaven sitting on the mercy seat. In control of every thing. And you know what He isn't worried or anxious at all and He is in charge of the entire universe. What about us? We freak out when we don't get a good grade or are going to be late for work. Why do such small things matter to us when in scope of things, in the view of eternity, all that matters is that God is sitting on the mercy seat. Loving us. Forgiving us. Waiting to welcome us into a glorious eternity with Him.

Oct 2, 8:45 am

Well its official.  I leave today around 1 pm with about 30 others to do street evangilism in New York city!  I should be getting back to school late tomorrow, hopefully before 11 pm.    I would like all of those reading this blog to pray for safety as we travel and that the hearts of those people we witness to will be open to hearing the Good News.  I miss you all and pray for you every day.  :)

Sept 30 8:30 pm

Hello everyone!
So i finished my first course on tuesday and i got 96%!  I am going on open air evangilism this sunday and monday to New York City!  I am driving a ten passenger van of people there and back.  So pray for safe driving for me and the other vans.  I have just finished a course on Genesis 1-11 and have the exam on it on tuesday morning.   My verse for this messege is Isaiah 40:28-31.  It really helps to remind me when im tired and worn out that my strength is in the Lord.  :)

Brother/Sister Campfire sept 25

So my guys and I went a on a small hike with our sister dorm and then had camp fire in the middle of the woods.  We roasted marshmellows shared a few testmoines i gave a short devotional which began with this poem.  All in all it was a great time :)

Will we ever understand

How can we ever start

Will we ever understand

What would one so great

Choose to die on this broken land

One so mighty and kind

His very word can smite a tower

Destroy cites and armies

And yet still He gave up power

Will we ever understand

That through His power know no bounds

And His knowledge surpasses all understanding

He prizes us much higher than a mound

Will we ever understand

The reason an Immortal came

Came to live and die and live again

When so few of us choose to praise His Name

Will we ever understand

Before He can become the savior of man

That for Him to do these things

He must become both God and man

Will we ever understand

Can you make the sacrifice

That He made for all of us

The fallen beings doomed to strife

Will we ever understand

That though we were doomed

He has given us the chance

The chance to be eternally saved

Will we ever understand

The loss His father endured for us

However pitiful we may be

We can never lose our focus

Will we ever understand

One day we too may choose

Choose to give our life instead

No matter the form, we cannot loose

Will we ever understand

That every day we must cast away

Cast away piece of our doomed selves

Only let there remain what He may

Will we ever understand

Sept 24 noon

Hey every one!
So week one of classes is complete and my first big test is on tuesday and then we start into the book of gensis.
Just finished source one and now i have to write my biblical principles out and then i can listen to music agian! Well thats what i was looking forward to with this weekend seminar but then God decided to make me think about where He will place me after this. Figures i was just starting to get comfortable with my daily routine and then wham! blindsided by God's calling for my future. So this afternoon i have off and i am planning on taking a hike to this little spot i know to box with God for a while. :) maybe do a bit of studing lol

Also some more info on my previous post.  lol Maintance is anything from mowing grass to fixing windows to as i found out painting curbs lol But i passed the word of life driving test so now i think im on the transportion ministry driving people where they need to be in a 15 passenger van :P Ministry team 23 is just a generic term. All first years are on a ministry team. I will be going to new york next weekend to do steet evangelism and then helping with the halloween night and working at word of life inn for a weekend :)

Im really getting more and more excited about what God is doing not just in my life now but also what He going to do in the future  :D