You know those times in life when on one hand everything is changing and at the same time everything feels the same? The past few months have been a little like that on our journey towards missions

There is this term I have been using in my updates that I would like to explain to you. The term in question is Technical Evaluation or (TE) for short.

I know holidays are normally busy but this one has seemed extra busy.

December 7th. That's the day we will be back at JAARS for my Technical Evaluation. I swear I'll blink and find myself in the car already on my way there. We are excited to be going back soon to see our new friends at headquarters.

I looked over at my wife in the passenger seat and said, "You ready for an adventure cause I don’t know where I am going."

David Livingstone, Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, George Muller; these were some of the names I heard used in the church growing up. Each of these men were held up as examples of those who really got it, who were totally sold out for God and who accepted the most honorable vocation among Christians. I don’t know if I ever heard it said outright, but culturally it was understood that if you were a pastor, missionary, or worked for a para-church organization, then you were a better Christian than those who worked in “secular” vocations.