“BAM is hot (in South America). And now B4T! I love it!” exclaimed Jose, to a friend who just arrived for our meeting. He enthusiastically went on, “B4T can get us where missionaries are not welcome. It provides us with a job, a real job, and that gives us much more...
The OPEN Expo in LA just ended. God showed up once again! He gave us a terrific weekend of networking, sharing and being sharpened and challenged to fulfill His purposes in and through us. There were 140 attendees making this the smallest OPEN Expo. We felt this...
The countdown is on. Tomorrow we (Dave & Patrick) leave for Bogota to be part of the first OPEN Expo outside of North America. This will be the largest BAM/B4T gathering ever held in South America. We are pumped! The messages and workshops will be centered on...
This past weekend I was invited to lead workshops on B4T at the Missio-Nexus; a conference of 250+ evangelical CEOs of mission organizations and other leaders. I shared a vision for doing missions better; a vision that focuses on the need for each mission agency to...
Years ago when I was working in China, I went with a friend to visit his family who lived in a rural village. It was harvest time so as we rode the bus we passed farm after farm of workers cutting and bundling the stocks or rice. When we arrived at his village, I...
Sometimes others say it best. One day, through the primeval wood, a calf walked home, as good calves should; But made a trail all bent askew, a crooked trail as all calves do. Since then three hundred years have fled, and I infer; the calf is dead. But still he left...
