Have you ever dreamed of something that slowly looked as though
it could come true? It is hard to know
where the dream ends and reality begins sometimes...
For me this is what I feel as the Lord allows me to travel
the world and tell others about Him through music, drama, and the spoken
Word. This time it is an almost
exponential feeling though as I've dreamed of Ireland for years! I wanted to go badly in 2003 when I was in
Wales leading a Youth Camp, as one of my teammates went after we finished the
Camp. It became a major thought and
point of prayer in Daytona Beach 2008 when I sat in front of Louie Giglio as he
spoke to all the Youth Pastors at a Student Life Camp that I had the privilege
of taking 40. He mentioned his travels
with Passion and made this statement that has stuck with me, it was something
like this: "over 50% of the people
in Dublin are below the age of 25, are creative, they love music and drama but
need Jesus!" In so many words he
described the burden God laid upon my heart some 12 years ago. Fast forward to 2010, while sitting in
Calvary Chapel Chattanooga, Jim and Laura Pettit stood on stage with Pastor
Frank and delivered their burden for reaching the lost of Dublin, Ireland
through creative means. I talked to them
afterwards and have NOT stopped dreaming about joining their efforts ever
since.
So almost 10 years later a dream is in the process of coming
true! Jim, Laura, and team said that we
could come and help minister with them and on our own the time in which we
asked. Jim sent me an email last week
with tons of helpful information, including lodging options. A friend of mine confirmed that he is going
to be able to get me unbelievable plane ticket prices just yesterday. The details are coming together! I have the team I feel God has put together
for such a task as well. Some were with
me in 2008 and some are new. We are
going to meet this week and once I’ve talked with them with more details then I
will blog again with whom it is so that you can pray specifically. Until then please pray for Ireland 2012 and
that the Lord will work out all of the details, taking it out of my hands and
placing it in His, as He is the only one that can make this happen.
Another point of prayer and consideration is supporting out
team financially. God has blessed me
with a great job and even some money that was greatly unexpected, so I am
covered but my Team as a whole will need some help. As I mentioned above the Lord is using people
to bless us to keep the cost down but there is still costs that are over and
above the everyday bills that we have, so any help would be greatly appreciated
and used to further the Kingdom of God.
I will give you more details later but prayerfully consider partnering
with TEAM RUBICON, as we are only 7 weeks away!!
More to come soon…
In Christ,
