Married!

Yeah, after three weeks of marriage, I can say it is awesome.  I am praising God over and over for His wondrous mercy in my life. I cannot believe how things have worked out to glorify God in my life and in the life of my wife. Although I will update more on here later about different things I think you should check out Darleen and my website here for the most up-to-date info about us and our journeys toward that country that God continues to put an overwhelming burden on our hearts, Ireland. Praise God for His wondrous mercy.

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Christmas Eve

   Yeah, it is Christmas Eve. That time of year again. I wanted to make a post before this year slipped away into fading memory. Naturally, of course, this year will be one that will always hold a bright spot in my memory as I am so happy to spend this Christmas with the love of my life, my little Darling. Yeah, that girl that has a way of brightening up my life every time she walks into the room. As you can well tell she is pretty special to me.

But I did want to wish all those that I miss on the west coast, my family and friends, a merry Christmas as well. You all remain often in my prayers and dreams as I remember the past Christmas' we shared together. May God bless you all as you seek Him this Christmas season, as you remember the reason for His coming to this earth. How precious it is that Divinity took upon flesh for us. Wow, how could we ever fathom that?!

Love you all and to all a merry Christmas.

Engaged

Busy but in love.  Yeah that sums it up well. If you want to read more check it out here. I will probably do more later. As this topic is one that I could talk a while on. But for now this will have to suffice. God bless you guys.

"The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad."

                          Ps. 126:3

My Wild Irish Rose

Yeah I have been busy obviously with the blatant neglect of this blog, but it has been an awesome time observing the blessing of the Lord. But with all the things that have been going on one person has taken priority over them all. The girl that has blessed and changed me more than I could ever imagine. It has been such a pleasure to get to know and learn to love Darleen. I can well say that there are few guys in the world as blessed as I am.

 Since she has come into my life she has added a whole new dimension of God's love to me. Her missionary zeal and love for God impresses me more every day. There is a dying and bleeding world out there that requires a huge measure of spiritual warfare, and there is no guy luckier than I to have her by my side in that fight.

I have been away from her for a time while I have been back here in California wrapping up my work here for a time. But I am looking forward to tomorrow night when I get to see her again. God has called us with a high calling are we willing to take hold of what is precious and see the hand of God. Some times I have doubted His abilities but every day with Darleen proves God is not dead and He is not silent.

Ireland the Emerald Isle

Ireland, the Emerald Isle across the sea, I find it hard to find the words to express my feeling on the matter. Ireland, a land gripped by the hand of Satan who will not make it easy on those that attempt to snatch souls from his grip. Ireland is a closing field as the European Union would like to close the door on missions to this land forever. We are given a brief moment in history to come to the aide of the struggling Irish church to ensure that there Irish at the throne of grace. Satan would love to destroy this growing church and slam the door on all hope for this land. We must come to the assistance of men like Joseph and John faceless to you but real Irish men who are prepared to make the sacrifices necessary to save their fellow Irishmen. These are men who have given their lives for the cause of Christ. In the face of such dedication we in America must ask ourselves if we are willing pay the price to come their aide. After spending a month traveling this land I have been convinced of one thing and that is it will not be easy to come their assistance. Many things face us; challenges that would be easy for us to give up in the face of. The question that faces us now is who will come to Ireland’s aide for Christ’s sake?

What a trip I was so blessed to travel all over seeing various missions and seeing the many sights. But few of the experiences were as much of a blessing as meeting the growing number of Irish believers. They are true and genuine folk, and it was a pleasure to work with them even for a brief time. Since my call ten years ago I have prayed and prayed hard for this land and it was such a blessing to see the people I have prayed for. I didn’t know them they didn’t know me, but some how we were united in the work of Christ.

An Irish cry:

“Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. Let [Ireland] hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem [Ireland] from all his iniquities.”

Psa 130

Will God use you to answer this call or will He be forced to look another?