Thoughts

As I work on the seemlessly never ending thing called life and my project that I want to get done I look back and wonder about so much. I'll be the first to admit that God is changing me slowly as I listen to all of these different missions organizations that ask me questions and give me their answers. Alot of them are hard to find becasue they aren't technically listed. Overall I'm learning alot about opportunities in Russia. I can tell you this much that even though everybody may not fully agree with my beliefs I think that it's important to spread the gospel in anyway possible even if it means helping a group of people find an organization that I might not fully agree with. The only group that would bother me would be one that doesn't truly worship the one true God. Russia seems too have plenty of those people as it is. I know that I hear people at work tell me almost everyday that I'll never make it to Russia. I hear it from my dad practically everyday as he points out all of the things that hold me back and mocks me for the things that I do or have that bother him. I admit it that I still have way too much even though I've gotten rid of over half of what I own. For awhile I kept bringing more in with a bigger better mentality until the da investigated me and had me show them how I could manage to make so much more money then what I made at my job. Thank God they let me off with a warning and told me how they want me to document certain things I sell for tax purposes. I seem to have my room for misc storage purposes now and that's about it. Someday it will become a room again when I go to Russia. In the meantime I use it for sorting, building, and planning. I'll admit most of that stuff in there I don't need, but I have a lot of memories with it. At the moment I'm really open to where I go in Russia and I'm not going to say no to anybody at the moment. There is only one place that I can say not at this time and that is where my ex-gf is. I'm not saying never though becasue if God wants you somewhere he will bring you there. I have to say not at this time becasue the last thing I want to see is to see her get hurt/bothered by it. Other then that I'm completly open. In the long run I would rather be in a less reached area of Russia then somewhere where everybody goes. I'm open to going to a bigger city for now too. God will do things in the way that he wants them. I would love to learn more Russian so I can someday do something similar to what Hudson Taylor did. I'm a strong believer in the fact that ever kid needs a home, every kid needs a role model in there life whom they can abide in, and every kid needs God! True hope can only be found in Christ and Christ alone (Rom. 5)! If your not mentoring a kid stop and look around. You can find one. I'd try contacting a friend that is a social worker, your local boys and girls club or something like that.