Recently, many have asked, “At what point did you know the Lord was calling you to leave McLean Bible Church to serve in missions?” The answer is: the day this picture above was taken. After years of experiencing missions across the globe in places as far away as Africa and The Philippines, it was in April of last year, as we walked the streets of Santo Domingo, and experienced for the first time the intense plight and ministry potential of urban poverty. Both Dale and I, in hindsight, point to that experience, as the moment we knew the Lord had called us to move from sending and supporting others to going and serving ourselves, by leaving behind a much loved ministry family of students and staff to respond in obedience to Proverbs 31:8-9, which states,

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak up…defend the rights of the poor and needy.” 

Thank you in advance for your prayer and financial support.  There’s a great passage in Nehemiah 2 where Nehemiah makes clear that “contribution enables one to lay claim to what follows.”  Responding to those who sought to hinder his efforts to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem Nehemiah says,

“The God of heaven will help us succeed. We, his servants, will start rebuilding this wall. But you have no share, legal right, or historic claim in Jerusalem.” (Nehemiah 2:20)

Rest assured your prayer and financial contributions to enable our team to serve on the field means you personally can lay claim to everything that God graciously allows to occur in the days, weeks, months and years to come.