The Lord is Determined

News of people interested in the Peru mission trip keeps trickling in. Of course, it won't take too much of a trickle to soon fill all of the positions, and that is exciting.

The HGBC missions office is doing their thing with the applications right now, so I don't know who all has applied. So Casey and Dawn, if you're reading, I'd love to hear some names soon.

Team leaders have a meeting with Casey and Dawn on March 19th. Maybe there will be some news by then or before. Waiting is hard, but necessary. Our mission personnel and missions committee have worked out a great process for preparing teams. It will all be worth it when we get together for our first team meeting.

Have you ever considered how determined the Lord was to get His message of repentance to the lost and wicked people of Nineveh? Remember that God told Jonah to leave his job, as prophet in Israel, for a short-term mission trip to share a message of repentance with a people who were notoriously evil. Jonah didn't want to go. Think about everything God did to get Jonah, and God's message to Nineveh:
1) He created a ship shattering storm.
2) He allowed businessmen to lose their profits.
3) He drove the passengers and crew of the ship into a religious panic
4) He manipulated random selection to point out Jonah.
5) He drove the passengers and crew to a decision that bothered their moral consciences - they tossed Jonah overboard.
6) He created a fish large enough to swallow Jonah.
7) He created conditions in the fish that were humanly survivable. 
8) He caused the fish to vomit Jonah up onto dry land at the right spot.
You may be able to think of others - these eight are enough to convince me that the Lord was determined.

If the Lord was that determine to get His message to evil people, how determined do you think He is to get His message to the people of Peru who are just like you and I except for faith in Christ?

You can be part of the Lord's determined plan this summer. He created a fish for Jonah; He could do that for you - a flying fish, since we're so far from the ocean, or maybe a T-rex. Filing out an application to serve would be much easier - on you. Ask the Lord to show you why you shouldn't go.