Tag: Preparation
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Preparing for PNG Vlog!
Check out our first video explaining our preparations for PNG! We leave on April 5th!
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One Month to PNG!
Hi – it’s Genae…normally Jake is the writer, but I have a lot on my mind lately 🙂 I can’t believe that I’m finally saying this – we have our plane tickets!!! We officially leave for Papua New Guinea on April 5th, 2023! We will arrive on Good Friday, and our first weekend there will…
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Books of 2022
2022 READING LIST 2022 The changing of years is always an apropos time to reflect on what I have learned in this past season. To that end, here are the books that I (Jake) read in 2022, organized by category. Take a look, and maybe you can find your next book to start off 2023!…
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Only One Life, Twill Soon Be Past
This past month, I (Jake) had the opportunity to speak to two groups of Cru college students about what it looks like to live with an eternal perspective. There are few things I enjoy more than getting to preach to college students and worship with them – I am always refreshed by their energy and…
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A Bearded Child, A Djembe, and Faith
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. James 1:2 Many of Jesus’ disciples, then as now, would die for their faith. That…
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The Treasure of Giving Up Control
I recently had the opportunity to preach at our local church. My message was on two short parables: the treasure hidden in the field and the pearl of great value, from Matthew 13. The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his…
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Re-thinking “Missions”
What is a Missionary? Recently, I talked on the phone with a dear friend, and shared about God leading us to Papua New Guinea. He told me, “When I was younger, I knew that someday I would either be a missionary myself or someone who supports them.” Something about the dichotomy of this statement unsettled…