Building friendships and trust does not happen overnight. It takes place gradually over a long period of time. It will take lots of time for the university students I am meeting with to grow to trust me as a Christian because their perception of my worldview is a negative one. All I can do is [...]
9/11 campus interviews
I spent some time today at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Philosophy & Literature interviewing students and professors on their perspective of the 9/11 tragedy in the United States 8 years ago. This Faculty in my experience has been the most vocal in expressing their opinions here lately. Even though most of the [...]
recent mission team
The week of August 9-15 was spent hosting a 10 member mission team from CA. Let me just say that this mission team set the bar extremely high for the future teams we wish to have. They were all university students from a college ministry called “Refuge” out of Grace Baptist Church in Bakersville, CA [...]
great week
Paula and I had a great week celebrating our 7 year wedding anniversary (July 13), Paula’s birthday (July 15) & my birthday (July 17). For everyone on our team that helped watch the boys so that we could go out and party, thank you! It is such a blessing to serve Jesus alongside each of [...]
connecting is more than an event
Spent about four hours yesterday afternoon trying to develop an initial relationship with 5 law students from Austral University. Please pray that God would begin to draw Jacob, Adolfo, Juan, Macarena, and Maria to Himself and that we can meet as a group more than once. Both Jacob and Macarena had never even been in [...]
coffee & conversation
Met with five UBA biology students last night from 10 PM – 11:30 PM at a local cafe in Palermo. Please pray that God will gradually draw Matias, Lucas, Fernando, Julieta & Sofia to Himself. The coffee and the conversation although brief was really neat. Initially we had planned to discuss whether or not Christianity [...]
yesterday
A couple days ago I spent an hour with Sebastian, Javier and Luis at a local pub in Palermo briefly discussing where evil comes from in light of how God could allow suffering. For those who commented on my Facebook wall & in my Inbox, thanks. They are students at the UBA Faculty of Psychology. [...]
4 questions
I hope to meet with 5 students from the Faculty of Psychology at UBA later on today. God willing, tonight will be the beginning of another GIG (Groups Investigating God) meeting at a local pub in Palermo. Many have asked me how these groups are beginning to form. The first thing I do is pray [...]
relevant reads
I really believe that we can make a difference in today’s culture. One recent book that I have found extremely helpful that I wanted to pass on to my network are (1) The Rabbit & the Elephant: Why Small is the New Big for Today’s Church (by Tony Dale). I especially appreciate the included documents [...]
kingdom of god
Over the last few weeks I have been reading and praying over the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus was such an awesome teacher. If you have not read “The Divine Conspiracy” by Dallas Willard I would highly recommend it. I completely agree with the author, “Jesus is not just nice, he is brilliant.” As I [...]
