My Prayer

"The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work. Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying that the Kingdom always lies beyond us. No statement says all that could be said. No prayer fully expresses our faith. No confession brings perfection. No pastoral visit brings wholeness. No program accomplishes the Church’s mission. No set of goals and objectives includes everything. This is what we are about. We plant the seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities. We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord’s grace to enter and do the rest. We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs.We are prophets of a future not our own" -Oscar Romero

"Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier." -Mother Teresa

Anticipating a New Adventure

Hello Everyone!

Come here to find out more information about my summer in Guatemala. I will try to update this as much as I have time for.

Thanks for all of you support through donations, thoughts, and prayers. They all mean so much.

Here is my information for now:

June 2: I move back into Calvin for about a week of training.

June 8: I fly out of Grand Rapids for Guatemala.

August 3: I fly back into Grand Rapids.