A life sentence..

Chancy was shot to death a few days ago. I met him a few years ago when I was speaking to young people in North Pole, Alaska, and I had the privilege of leading him to Christ. A week ago Monday a friend of his was playing with a gun and accidentally killed him.

He lived long enough to tell the police it was an accident, so his friend will apparently face no criminal charges. However, he will now have to live with a sentence worse than death for the rest of his life as he will always remember the day he accidentally killed his friend. It is at least a comfort to know that Chancy was at peace with God, and we now need to pray that his family, his friend and all those close to him may find their peace in the same God during this difficult time. Our prayers go out for them today.

Did you MISS me?

It's been ages since I've updated my journal. Where do I begin?

I'll start with Canada. The SoloCon Canada conference was awesome! A number of people came to Christ and a lot of others rededicated their lives to the Lord. I spoke all weekend on the subject of "The Freedom to Be Ourselves" and we dealt with many practical issues such as bondage to guilt, bitterness, fear of the future, discontent, the religious spirit, etc. and a lot of people testified to great breakthroughs. At the end of the conference we talked about practical ways to follow through with what God began in people's lives in order not to just go away having had an emotional experience but being equipped to go forward and apply what people learnt in their daily lives, and I have since received numerous testimonies from people who have continued on in the journey to newfound freedom which they began that weekend.

I finished my essays for college on the 4th of June and got excellent grades on everything, so I am happy to be done with college until October. Now I am focusing on work for the church here and preparation for Africa in August and Mexico and America in September. This is going to be a very busy month, but I am excited about what God is doing.

At the Riverside church here in Scotland, there continue to be reports of great victories in people's lives, and we are excited about the future as we begin preparations for reaching out to the community in practical ways this coming September in an effort to touch the community in a significant way at least seven times over the coming year. Of course, we want to touch the community every day as we live out Christ's love in our workplaces, colleges and schools, but we also are planning at least seven specific efforts to reach out together and show the community that we care through our actions.

The rest of the year looks promising, and we are looking forward to seeing what God has in store for us!!!