God is in control. He is and always has been. Today was the day of the US Elections and I was reminded that no matter what happens God is in control. He was when He chose Nebuchadnezzar to be His enforcer to chastise and protect Israel. He was when He selected Cyrus to be the king of Medo-Persia who would open the way for the Exiles to return. He was when pagan Pilate crucified Jesus. He was in control and He continues to be in control. Praise the Lord. I think if there is anything we’ve learned through our M:28 journey the last couple of years is that all that we are and all that we do is all about God and His wisdom, presence, authority and sovereignty. God is in control.

Praise Report

• Praise God that Roy was too sick to lead the all day staff meeting last week and he felt led to cancel it to get better. It turned out the whole team needed that day badly and we were able to postpone it to the following week (yesterday). God also provided through the training you all prayed for, Ron & Derrah who did an exemplary job pinch hitting while “froggy” voice Roy added a few comments but mostly handled the difficult technical issues with the M:28 training for Phoenix. The Holy Spirit communicated and was present with all of us even as we were at two sites thousands of mile apart from each other.

• Praise God that God is working slowly to help Charis find strategies to deal with her fears. Still not all the way there, but it is better. Pray that she can feel God’s and his host’s presence when she feels afraid or alone. Tim’s scouts spaghetti dinner went very well and they raised enough operational funds to complete the next year’s scout program.
• Out of the blue, we received a message from overseas to help a future student when he arrived. That was Thursday, he arrived on Saturday. He did not have housing, transportation, a way to get money, a school to go to. He was sent by his father, also with 1 weeks warning. We scrambled for answers on how to help him. We prayed, we watched and God provided. A Jesus following student from the same country bought a house earlier in the year and happened to have an open room for this new student who is also a Jesus follower.  The two of them are from the same country, are roughly the same age, are Jesus followers, and are in the same major. It seemed like God was there. They agreed to be roommates with 1 days notice. The new student, after many gyrations was able to finally get some money from home after several days. We helped him with furniture, got him in touch with the UTA English program. It all came together in 3 days. God was there.