inCOMMON

My good friends, Christian & Sonya Gray, are Mission Directors for inCOMMON Community Development in Omaha, Nebraska (formally known as Mosaic Community Development). This past weekend the ministry introduced their new name and reaffirmed their vision.

"inCommon Community Development exists to affront poverty through the cultivation of supportive community networks that participate in the holistic development of vulnerable populations and neighborhoods."

I love what inCOMMON is all about!

To read more check out their website: http://incommoncd.org/

commissioning & prayer requests

I have already been back from Omaha almost a week. It was a fun week of special times and memories with family and dear friends. Word Made Flesh officially welcomed me to share life and ministry in Argentina for three years! The weekend included a meaningful commissioning service for several of us joining the WMF family. It was extra special to have my parents, sister, and Christian & Sonya Gray attend the service.

I have now posted my first prayer letters on the Word Made Flesh web site. You can check them out at: http://wordmadeflesh.com/support/pray-prayerletters.php?staff=124. If you want to be added to my snail mailing list, just let me know.

Here are some prayer requests I included in my December prayer letter:
· First and foremost, please pray that in all things I remain rooted in abiding relationship and intimacy with Jesus!
· Please pray for my remaining financial support needs and God’s best timing for my departure to Buenos Aires.
· Please pray for all the preparations before I leave. I have books to read, paperwork to complete, logistics to handle, and stuff to pack, while soaking in sweet times with family and friends before I leave.
· Please pray for me as I settle into life and ministry in Argentina. I will be living with an Argentine roommate or host family during my first few months there. I will then look for a place of my own in the La Boca neighborhood where WMF staff, Walter and Adriana Forcatto, already live.
· Please pray that I will adjust and learn Argentine culture and Spanish quickly.
· Please pray for leadership wisdom and guidance, as I help direct and facilitate the WMF community in Argentina through a process of spiritual formation and covenant to one another.
· Please pray for our new community in Argentina. Jeremiah and Jennifer Dean, along with children Jordan and Selah will arrive around the same time as me. We will join the Forcatto family who has already been there three years.
· Please pray for opportunities for relationships with the youth on the streets and people in the neighborhoods. Pray that I may radiate and represent Jesus in the way I love and live. Pray that I will evangelize and proclaim His Kingdom as hope to those in desperate need of Him.

At my commissioning with Donja (my sister), parents, and Christian & Sonya Gray.

Commissioning prayer time.

The WMF Board & Staff attending the weekend.

One final picture with the WMF Board. I will miss serving alongside these friends twice a year in Omaha.

omaha friendship & memories

As always, I had a great time in Omaha with WMF peeps and the Gray family! I always get some of the best O-Town spring and fall weather when I am there, which usually includes several "top ten weather days"! So, lots of outside time on the Gray's porch and in the backyard! It doesn't get much sweeter than that!

Porch Time with the Gray Family & Steph McGuire

Adina & Elliott in the hammock from Brasil.

Hanging with Christian

Backyard time with Chris & Christian

Zoo Date with Adina & Elliott

here in omaha...

I know I have been MIA on the blog these days....sorry. I'm here in Omaha for Word Made Flesh board meetings this weekend. It will be a full weekend of meetings, discussion, and catching up with friends here. In between I am having fun hanging out and playing with the Gray family, staying at their home. I'll try to post more soon, including some pictures.