Trip To Africa March 2012

March 21, 2012

I am writing this as I travel back home from Nairobi to John Wayne Airport in Southern California. As I have 23 hours of flying time, I am able to process my thoughts with regard to the seven days spent on the ground in Kenya.  While I was confident last November that God had led me to visit Kenya, my return visit has confirmed the beginnings of a unique work that has the potential to develop further and bring glory and honor to Jesus Christ.

My vision for poor and orphaned children started several years ago when I visited Myanmar for the first time and saw the tremendous needs of orphans and widows. Soon a plan to work with national Christians to provide aid along with sound biblical teaching unfolded in memory of our son Bryce. We rented large homes with the goal of housing about 20 children in each home and found dedicated Christians who would oversee the homes and make sure the children were educated, fed, and properly clothed.

From one home, the program expanded to five homes, which we now call Bryce Lodges. We now oversee over 80 children in Myanmar. The children are individually sponsored by people from around the world. Our cost for renting the homes and providing financial assistance for the leaders and helpers comes from donations given to Understand The Times designated for Myanmar.

As time passed, I felt the Lord leading me to expand the Bryce Lodge program to other countries. Last November, I traveled to South Africa and Kenya in order to see what doors God would open there. And this past February, I visited the Philippines with the same vision in mind. While our experience has been very good in Myanmar with our program there, it became apparent to me that there may be an even better way to accomplish our vision to reach orphans by working through local pastors and their churches. Our vision was to provide resources from our donors to be administered through pastors and church members. We would also commit ourselves to assisting in education and Christian education so that children in hopeless situations would have an opportunity not only to be given hope for their futures but also to be salt and light to their communities and ambassadors for Jesus Christ.

When I left Kenya in November of 2011, my vision was for Understand The Times to provide for three to five homes there. These homes would be overseen by Pastor Achilla of Rongo. The families would be made up of widows and grandmothers who were looking after orphans and the poor.

When I shared the needs I saw with our Understand The Times readers, there was a generous response. This response not only came from Understand The Times readers but also from Lighthouse Trails Publishing readers who partnered with us through a special Christmas offering that provided for immediate needs for the widows and children we were committed to looking after. Some of the things this offering paid for were new roofs (and a couple new houses), mattresses, blankets, clothing, and food. Up until this point, many of the children had only been getting one meal a day, and several of them did not even have their own mattress and blanket.

Over the last three months, the program exploded from five homes to twelve. Along with Pastor Achilla, several other leaders have come forward who have dedicated themselves to the Bryce Home Project. Pastors in the Rongo area see the program in action and like what they see. Even local government officials have approached us to thank us for coming to Kenya and the fruit of the work there.

The potential to develop the Bryce Home program is essentially unlimited. The population surrounding Rongo has been ravished by the AIDS epidemic. Many pastors told me that 2/3 of their congregations were widows. The Chief of Riat and the Chief of Suna confirmed these figures were not exaggerated. The situation is hopeless, and no one knows what to do. In the meantime, children without parents are starving, improperly clothed, and often in total despair.
 

While Byron Hardy and I were in Kenya, we visited all twelve Bryce Homes. We saw with our own eyes the houses that had been built and the household items that had been donated. Every home is cared for by a pastor or church leader who lives in the area and who is responsible for the material and spiritual care of those living in the home.

Understand The Times is merely the conduit for funds donated from our donors who are worldwide. God has raised up a team in Kenya that report to us and keep us informed how the funds are being spent. Lighthouse Trails has played a tremendous role by helping us with the Christmas Special Offering to complement the Bryce Home Program in its initial phase and thus make a significant difference quickly.

This trip was of tremendous value. Now that I have gone and seen and heard the testimonies of the widows and the children as well as the pastors who are filled with joy, there can be no turning back. God is bringing light to Kenya, which is a very dark place. 

Following are some observations that we made as a result of visiting all twelve Bryce Homes in Kenya. As the program develops, there are a number of important things we need to prioritize and then implement in the short term. In this way, the Bryce Home Project in Kenya can become a model that can be repeated in Myanmar, South Africa, the Philippines, and other places that we are led to go.

·       There are at least six of the existing Bryce Homes that will need to have roofs completely replaced or the entire home replaced. A complete new home with a metal roof (plastered inside and outside walls and floor) can be built for approximately $1000.

Many of the children are still in great need of clothes. While some clothes have been provided, more are needed. While in the future we may be able to gather clothes from donors and ship them to Rongo, for now we need to come up with a special clothes fund so that ever month when food and household materials are taken to the homes, clothes will be taken as well. It is our understanding that Kenya does not allow used clothing to be sent to Kenya.

·       While I was there, two children became very ill and needed immediate medical attention – one had a combination of typhoid and malaria, the other child had pneumonia. If I had not been there with an immediate source of funds, the children would not have received the proper care and would have very likely died. We will need to set up a fund for medical emergencies.

·       There are three or four pastors and church leaders who are providing leadership for the program who have worked tirelessly and faithfully to make the Bryce Home Program work. While they are not expecting monetary compensation, because of their financial situations, they need to be compensated. It is not our objective to pay all the pastors involved, but those who provide leadership for the program and who we depend on should receive some help. Kenyan congregations are very poor and very small and pastors do not receive salaries.

·       Keeping records and having a place to store supplies is a very important part of the Bryce Home Program. For a small cost, we can rent a space in a building in Rongo that will accommodate this need.

The Christian Education Center that is located in Suna (not quite completed) must be completed by having the doors and windows installed, a fence put around the property to keep animals out and the land ploughed and prepared for seeding of maize. This building is an ideal location to have the children from all six Bryce Homes in the Suna area to attend classes taught on a regular basis, particularly on Sunday. The maize field is situated right next to the building and can be a hands on project for the orphans so they learn to work and have a source of their own food.

Future Plans:

·       Because most of the Bryce Homes around Rongo are situated in rural areas many things can be done so that the widows and children can become self-sufficient or at least to provide some of their own food for their own use or for sale. Small amounts of land may be rented or purchased for growing vegetables while raising goats, cows, and chickens may be provide food, milk, and a source of income. Peanuts grow well in the area, and there is a market for them. There is a member of Pastor Achilla’s church who knows how to grow peanuts and also how to process and sell them. Right now, many people work in local tobacco fields, which pays almost nothing and results in sickness and even death from handling the tobacco.

·       Small businesses can be established by the widows so they have a source of income. Already several widows are making baskets to be sent to Lighthouse Trails in the USA who will resell them to people who purchase them on their web site. The widows will then receive the income.

·       I am suggesting that we help widows so they can sew or manufacture clothes for children. Rather than have clothes sent to them from North America, we could provide material, they could make clothes and then purchase them from the widows with donor funds so the clothes could be given out to needy orphans in other Bryce Homes.

·       We will consider going back to Rongo within a year to hold a weeklong conference for pastors. We would teach them the Bible and the foundational principles of the Bible. We will take three of four teachers with us, train up the local pastors and provide them with tools they can use to spread these teachings throughout their area. I have asked Byron Hardy to pray about organizing such a conference.

here actually is a retreat center located on the outskirts of Rongo that has a meeting hall that would hold over a hundred people as well as a place to stay for the teachers and those organizing the conference. With partnerships from other ministries, a conference to promote sound biblical doctrine is very possible. The impact that it would have on the area would be of tremendous value. There is a magnitude of false teachings in Kenya that have been brought in from the Western world. It’s tragic.

Conclusion:

Much more could be said that summarizes my observations and shares a glimpse of the vision that God has given me. For now, let me say, it is a joy to know we have been Spirit led and Gospel focused, and that this program has been authored by Jesus Christ and is in line with the Word of God. We are merely following. The Bryce Home Project is not driven by some manmade plan conjured for the purpose of doing good and working together with false religions.

While there have been a few bumps in the road, it is obvious the hand of God is upon the Bryce Home Program. We are seeing the New Testament Church in action in our day. The church functions as a body as it should function. Rather than building earth-focused kingdoms, we are proclaiming the coming of the King. Rather than being “on the take,” those who have a role to play in the program are giving and giving.

Widows and orphans that once thought God had forgotten them, now see God in action. They have food in their stomaches. They have blankets to keep them warm at night. They have soap to wash their skin. Their faith in the Almighty God has been built up. Their prayers have been answered.

s well, members of the church are now able to be channels of blessing. They now feel like they are part of the family of God. The needs they wanted to meet but couldn’t afford to meet can be met. They can be the hands and legs for God to get the work done.

Entire communities are noticing the difference being made through the Bryce Home Program. People are saying “light” has come to their community through those who believe in the Bible. While these onlookers may not know God, they see God working through His people. Of course, our prayer is that many of those watching will be drawn to Jesus Christ and His free offer of salvation.

From my perspective, I see God in action through His people and His Word. It has given me new life and built up my own faith. The many years of being on the front line exposing apostasy left me tired and discouraged. People whom I once trusted and considered friends attacked, then abandoned me because I was exposing truth that was shining into their dark manmade kingdoms.

The Bryce Home Program has given me a new perspective in life. I have been touched by the testimonies that many of the widows and orphans shared with me. And their words echo in my mind: “May God give you a long life so that you may help others, just like you have helped us.”

If these reports from Kenya have been a blessing to you, please know that what God is doing in Kenya, He can do in other countries all over the world. While many within organized religion may have chosen to abandon orphans and widows because the leaders are more interested in building their own carnal kingdoms, Lord willing and by His grace and provision, we will do what they will not. Please pray for Understand The Times and Bryce Homes International.

This is just the beginning.

March 20 2012

Our last full day in Rongo was also a busy one. When we are not traveling around visiting Bryce Homes we have been meeting together with the pastors who are responsible for overseeing the Bryce homes finding out how the program is working and what can be done to improve.

When we were in Suna a child by the name of Joyce was very ill. Also one of the girls in Bryce Home 12 was almost too ill to stand up to have her photo taken. I asked if  these girls could be taken to the nearest town where there was a clinic to receive care. Medical tests showed that one girl had pneumonia and the other girl had typhoid and malaria. I was providential that we were here to experience this situation which will help us to evaluate our program and find a way to provide emergency medical assistance to the children we are caring for.

Following another meeting in the afternoon it was time to head out on our final road trip to visit Bryce Homes Nine and Ten. Heading a few kilometers south of Rongo on the pavement we turned to the right and headed down another dirt road that soon became a trail. From a trail it actually appeared as if we were traveling by car down a rocky riverbed. As we continued to travel the scenery around us was spectacular. We could see a beautiful valley beneath us with sugar cane fields checkering the landscape beyond.

It was here in this remote location that two more Bryce Homes were located. Both of the widows in this location came to Christ when Peter, one of Pastor Achilla’s assistant pastors shared the gospel in a community meeting. When the widowed women became part of the church Peter and others from Achilla’s church visited them and ministered to them. When the Bryce Home Project was initiated Pastor Achilla chose this location because of the great need and the fact that Peter would be able to oversee the two families in another remote area surrounding Rongo.

We visited Bryce Home Nine first and then on to Bryce Home Ten. It was there that we were caught in another heavy shower. We spent time with the family indoors hearing their testimonies, taking pictures and praying with them.

Our trip back to Rongo was another interesting experience which I will not take time to describe in this report. Byron and I retired to bed early as we will be leaving Rongo and heading back to North America all in one long day.

On the way I will write more about what we have discovered on this trip. For now I can say our time here has been very rewarding. I cannot think of anything that I have ever done that brings me such great joy to be used as a conduit through which God can reach His people.

March 19, 2010

Sunday was our day in Rongo to go to Pastor Achilla’s church. The service started at 10 AM and finished after one.  Byron spoke at the first service and I shared in the second. The church made us feel more than welcome and wanted us to take back greetings to everyone we know back in North America.

The congregation was made up of about 80% women and children. However, there were a number of men who were introduced who all had a role to play in the church. I was very encouraged to find out that a large percentage of the congregation was engaged in helping with the implementation of the Bryce Home Program. Some of the youth were in Suna where they were assisting in the plastering of the walls of Bryce Home Twelve.
 

Following the service Byron and I were invited to the home of one of the church members for lunch. It was a humbling experience to be served by a family who had so little but were dedicated to the service of Jesus Christ. Once again I was reminded of what it was like to be part of the family of God in Kenya compared to southern California where most Christians would never think of asking anyone to their home for a meal after service.

Following a short rest back at the hotel we headed to the outskirts of Rongo to visit Bryce Home Seven – Widow Mary and her grandchildren. Living with Mary were her two daughter-in –laws. Both of her sons had died of AIDS. On the way we noticed a thunderstorm approaching. As usual we had to drive over trails only fit for goats and across fields that had been freshly ploughed. I wondered how we would ever get out if it rained. 

As we arrived the sky opened up. We had to run into Widow Mary’s home. The sound of the rain pounding on her tin roof made it impossible to communicate. Finally the rain let up and the children sang several songs expressing the joy they now experienced now that they were receiving food. Grandmother Mary wanted to say a few words and tell us that her prayers had been answered and that God had remembered them.

Mary’s two daughter-in-laws live in a grass shack next to Grandmother Mary’s house. Some of the children stay there but when it rains the entire family has to crowd together in one room. I walked over to see what it would be like to live in a leaky grass shack.  The place smelled of mold. The floor was soggy. I asked Walter what it would take to provide adequate shelter for this family. We will do what we can to h elp out.

Our next stop was Bryce Home One in Rongo, (Pastor Nelson and his wife Florence and their seven children ranging from 7 months to 18 years old). We moved Pastor Nelson and his family from Kisumu to Rongo to help Pastor Achilla and the Bryce Home Program. The entire family was very appreciative of the changes that have occurred and see how God has directed their lives. By this time the rain had stopped and we were able to do some interviews outside. Pastor Nelson’s brother died and left his wife with seven children who live with Nelson’s mother who is very old and also widowed. He also assists in looking after that family that is located in another location about one hour from Rongo.

After another full day we arrived at our hotel to eat and rest. Tomorrow we will visit two more Bryce Homes and spend time meeting with our leaders and praying for the program.

March 18, 2012

Yesterday was a day to remember for a lifetime. It is impossible to describe in words in a short report all that happened. We spent all day visiting seven Bryce Homes in the North Kadem and Suna regions of Kenya. By all day I mean we left on our journey at nine in the morning and returned back to our hotel at ten in the evening. I thank God for the strength He has given me to be able to return to the mission field.

The entire trip with the exception of the last portion was over roads and trails that were at very difficult to travel. Our driver Steve did an excellent job of dodging rocks, boulders and potholes that could have swallowed up our car. As we had no air conditioner the windows had to be open. It was not long before the entire inside of the car and our bodies were covered with red dust.

One of the things that we have demanded from the beginning is accountability and teamwork. It is apparent we cannot operate a program from half way around the world unless we have people in Kenya that are reliable and trustworthy. Not only have we been able to confirm their trustworthiness, the teamwork and the commitment we have seen from these brothers that God has put together in such a short period of time, is nothing short of a miracle.

All day long, we saw the fruit of what has been accomplished in just a little over three months by Pastor Achilla and his team with regards to the Bryce Home Project. The observations we made yesterday confirm that God has led Lighthouse Trails and Understand The Times to Kenya to work with a group of pastors to meet physical needs and to take the gospel to orphans and widows through local church leadership. Based upon what we observed yesterday, I can say with confidence that the funds that Lighthouse Trails and Understand The Times have been sending to Kenya have been used wisely.  The physical evidence we saw along with the testimonies we heard have shown us that God is working through us and a modern day miracle is happening. Over the next few weeks and months we will be posting photos and video interviews that will confirm what I am saying.

Our tour took us to seven Bryce Homes and the Christian Education Center that is in the process of being completed in Suna. Food, clothing, soap, mattresses, blankets, salt, tea and other household items have been distributed. We met the widows and orphans in the seven homes and heard their testimonies how happy they were to have received support and the difference it meant to their lives. Many of these testimonies were recorded on video and I will share these on our web site in the future.

On our way to North Kadem we were met by Chief Meshack who is responsible for the Riat area. He had been Chief in the area for 28 years. He told us that he had heard of the mission of the Bryce Home Program from pastors in his area and wanted to let us know of the great need in the Riat region for such a program. He took us to his office and we signed the guest registry for the city. He told us that of the 7000 people who were in his area, 5000 of them were widows and orphans. This percentage confirms the many other reports we have been given by pastors at our previous meetings.

It is hard for us to comprehend the extent of how AIDS has ravaged the Kenyan population. When widows and orphans are the majority of the population, the future is very difficult. The church has not only an opportunity but an obligation to try to do something. We feel that this is what God is prompting us to do.

While the majority of the church is obsessed with building bigger buildings and obtaining more property and possession, Understand The Times has been called to promote the early church New Testament model and meet the needs of the people and take the church to the homes.

Nowhere in the Bible do we find that the church of Jesus Christ is a building. The church is made up of the people of God who have a common bond in Jesus Christ. Now it is apparent to me why the Lord moved me on from organized religion that is totally business oriented and has forgotten about the needs of the people. One church that I know of has accumulated approximately one billion dollars of material wealth, while at the same time reduced their missionary budget when the “economy” was blamed for reduced tithes and offerings.

Here in Kenya, 10 dollars will help feed a child for one month.

From Riat we made our way to the North Kadem region. This is where Bryce Home Eleven is situated. The widow in charge there is Lewnida. She is Pastor Achilla’s sister. She also looks after a neighbor widow, Alice who is 23 years old and has four children. The overseeing pastor of Bryce Home eleven, Pastor Enos met us and guided us by foot to the house through the bush. We spent time hearing the testimonies and praying with the children and the two widows
 

The people in this area are going through a very difficult time because of a drought. In order to get water the children must walk several miles. We saw how the families in the surrounding area were preparing food from leaves that they were gathering from cultivated plots that were parched and in terrible need of rain.

From North Kadem it took us another two hours to travel to Suna. There we visited another 6 Bryce Homes – Bryce Home Four with Widow Benita, Bryce Home 5 with widow Benedeta, Bryce Home Six with Widow Terry, Bryce Home Three with Widow Effie, Bryce Home Eight with Widow Agnes and finally Bryce Home 12 which is made up of 12 orphan teenage girls overseen by Matron Olga.

It was in Suna that we saw the three new homes that have been constructed by the special Christmas offering funds provided by Lighthouse Trails readers.

As I write this, it is impossible for me to find words to express the feelings that overcame me as we went from place to place.

Finally, the last hour before the sun set, we spent looking at the Christian Education Center that is partially completed. It sits on a hill that can be seen from all around. Many people gathered there from the area including the Chief of Suna who not only welcomed us, he shared with us his gratitude for the work that had been done. We prayed for the community and thanked Jesus Christ for all that is happening to change lives.

Every Bryce Home that we visited not only has a widow or matron to oversee how the food and other material goods are being distributed but also has a pastor from the area that Pastor Achilla has appointed to oversee the home spiritually. In this way, we are able to get local churches involved and Pastor Achilla and his team with Walter and Pastor Nelson have a contact with each home at all times. For me, the organizational development that has occurred here in this faraway land of Kenya has been God ordained.

There are still many needs that must be addressed. Several of the shelters that the children and widows are living in are in terrible condition and need to be replaced. The cost of building an entire new house with a metal roof is approximately eight hundred to one thousand dollars.  It will be imperative that we construct at least six of these homes in the next few months.

From Suna, we made our way back to Rongo. It was a long day but a day that will long be remembered. Byron and I went to bed with great joy in our hearts.

March 15 and 16, 2012

Before leaving Kisumu for the long three hour drive to Rongo, Pastor Nelson set up a short meeting with four area pastors who had attended the meeting when I spoke at Kisumu last November. It was an opportunity to dialogue with them and to find out more about the spiritual climate in Kenya. Byron and I asked questions and they responded. All of them agreed their two most difficult challenges were how to minister to the poor and dealing with the overwhelming apostasy and false teaching that permeates their country.

On our way to Rongo we stopped at a small town where the highway was lined with people selling fruit. When we stopped to purchase some bananas Byron was confronted by a man claiming that he was a local police officer. He did not have a uniform and he did not have any identification that he was an officer of the law. He accused Byron of illegally taking photographs without a permit. Obviously the presence of two white foreigners in town provided an ideal opportunity for an income. Our driver Steve told us to get back in the car and we headed on our way. 

The road to Rongo was a pleasant surprise compared to the last time I had traveled the same route. We were able to make good time and arrived about noon at our hotel where we were met by Pastor Achilla and several of his team. The afternoon was a time to rest and prepare for the rest of the week. In the evening we met at Pastor Achilla’s home with his team and discussed the Bryce Home program. Byron spoke to the group, we ate and then went to be after a very long day.

distributed through pastoral care to widows and their children.  Not only are children provided food, clothing and shelter, they are given spiritual direction for their lives. Through the love and care given to these children, entire communities are being impacted. As Pastor Joshua told me, “through the Bryce Home Program light is being brought to our community.

We discovered the average size of the churches pastored by these men was about 30, approximately 60% are widows. The widow’s husbands have died mainly because of AIDS. The surviving families live in absolute poverty. Their only hope for the widow is to be inherited as a wife by a relative. When the widow refuses to be forced into such a marriage and she has no other channel to look after her children because of tribal customs. Absolute poverty takes over.

The Bryce Home Program provides hope for widows who have become part of a local church and look to the church for help. It also provides a way that the church can administer help to members of the congregation in a biblical way. The whole church gets involved. The need for this kind of a program is unlimited. At least 20 pastors attended our meeting today because they were interested in overseeing a Bryce Home. A model has been constructed for us by the Lord. A team has been assembled to implement that model. Now what is needed is for Christians from around the world to get on board.

One of the main reasons that I wanted to return to Kenya was to see if we had a solid foundation to start a Bryce Home project that would be honoring to the Lord, built on a solid foundation of the gospel of Jesus Christ. From the time we have spent with the pastors who are overseeing the program, I can see two great qualities in the pastors – commitment to serving the Lord and commitment to serving widows and orphans. All they need for this to happen are the resources.

What we are seeing is true Christianity in action. I thank God for the people who have already caught this vision from around the world and have sent resources to Understand The Times and Lighthouse Trails so that we can come alongside these pastors and be the Lord’s hand extended.

March 14, 2012

After arriving late in the evening at Nairobi International Airport Byron and I were met by Pastor Vitalis and a driver and taken to our hotel to rest overnight. At about 9:30 in the morning we left our hotel and made our way to the Kibera Slums in Nairobi where Pastor Vitalis and his family are residents.

The driver made his way as close to Pastor Vitalis’s house as he could.  Then we set off the by foot. While I am not a stranger to new experiences and visiting places where people live in much different circumstances than North Americans, I must say visiting the Kibera Slums set new limits for me. It was difficult to find a place to move one foot in front of the other without stepping on some form of garbage. Besides the trash and waste, there were places where the sewer ran openly down the garbage cluttered streets. You can image the odor that permeated the air. 

Byron and I plodded along following Pastor Vitalis up and down hilly trails that seemed fit only for goats.  I tried desperately not to slip and fall. The thought crossed my mind what would happen to me if I did.

Finally we arrived at a doorway along a row of shacks and Pastor Vitalis motioned us to follow. We had arrived at his home. The reason that we had come there was to meet his family and take some photos. Pastor Vitalis and his family are part of the Bryce Home Project in Kenya. They are home number 2.

Pastor Vitalis has four of his own children with one on the way. Besides his own family he supports an additional 10 orphaned children. Most of these children’s parents were either killed or died of AIDS. One of the orphaned girls he was looking after is now part of the Bryce Home 12 that is made up of 12 orphaned girls and is situated in Suna which we will see later this week.

Margaret, Pastor Vitalis’s wife insisted to bring Bryon and me something to eat that she had prepared specifically for us.  It was a wonderful time of fellowship and Christian dialogue. Several of the children were at school so were unable to take photos of everyone. It was hard for us to imagine how a total of 18 people could live together in such a small place.

Pastor Vitalis shared his vision with us that I was able to record on video. He told me how the Bryce Home Program had already radically changed his life and was impacting even those who lived around him in the community of the Kibera Slums. God’s love was infecting others. As he shared, my eyes filled with tears. Truly, what a wonderful thing God is doing through His people.

We left Pastor Vitalis’s home and walked (it seemed like forever) back to where our driver’s car was parked. While Byron and I were able to leave, the people that called Kibera slums home were held captive there by their circumstances. While it is a physical impossibility to change the circumstances for all of them, one thing is for certain – we can make a huge difference for some. Even if it is just one family.

Later in the afternoon we made our way back to the airport to take the next leg of our trip – a flight to Kisumu where we spent the night. We were picked up by Pastor Nelson and his driver. If you followed our Kenya reports from our last trip you would know that Pastor Nelson and his family were residents of Kisumu when I was here the last time. Understand The Times and Lighthouse Trails provided a way for him to relocate his family to Rongo where he now helps oversee the Bryce Home Project.

I will continue to post reports while we are here in Kenya. For now, I can honestly say that I have never before sensed such a peace and clear direction for my life from the Lord.  I am thankful for the path that He has placed me on at this time. While I have spent almost my entire Christian life in the field of apologetics, this new direction that concentrates on taking the gospel to the poor and equipping them to share the gospel with others is by far the most rewarding thing that I have ever been allowed to do.

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