It is only natural that you would want to get to know the loved ones of your loved ones. Parents want to meet their children’s friends; spouses need to meet one another’s families; friends hear about the new relationships that their friends are forming; and teammates meet the supporting congregations of their other teammates. Well, [...]
February 4, 2008 – 4:10 pm
There are many things about the Fort Worth area that endear it to people: the Stockyards, downtown, shopping malls, sports teams, and more. But for our team, the most appealing aspect of Fort Worth is its central location. This past weekend, Team Lima gathered together in the Fort Worth area for three days of fellowship, [...]
January 10, 2008 – 6:06 pm
The last several weeks have been filled to the brim with activity, all of which is pointing to our eventual “retreat” towards South America. Just before Christmas, we completed our Abilene portion of training with a team retreat. The retreat was led by the Halbert Institute of Missions. Our team gathered together with several godly [...]
November 20, 2007 – 8:14 pm
The last several months of team training have been filled with moments of growth, joy, and excitement. We have been blessed with the chance to grow closer to one another, to the fulfillment of our dreams, and to God. We are learning more about each team member’s individual personality while seeing the personalities of our [...]
October 4, 2007 – 4:59 pm
For the past week, our team has been in College Station, TX with the A&M Church of Christ. This wonderful church, which is dear to our team, has graciously decided to support our team during our year of training. As part of their new missions strategy, the A&M Church has allocated most of their missions [...]
September 27, 2007 – 5:06 pm
The months leading up to this September have been filled with much anticipation. For months, we have been looking forward to the day when we would finally begin our training in Abilene. That day has come and gone, and we have been tremendously blessed by our first three weeks of training. Our days are filled [...]
Team Lima took several more “baby steps” on our journey to becoming South American missionaries this past weekend. As with any journey in life, one’s goal is rarely reached through giant leaps, but rather through incremental steps made over a long period of time. We experienced several more of those small steps as we all [...]
March 22, 2007 – 11:50 am
As the time for training draws closer, our team is getting more and more excited about the opportunities that await us in the near future. Lima is on the horizon, and we just can’t wait to be “Peruvians.” But yet we have to wait. In this period of anticipation, our team is experiencing incredible joy, [...]