Project Post

Hello all!
We have been busy cranking out projects! Today you get to see the first thing we made when we got to Asia so be excited! It was actually a project for a team in Kenya however! It was a blast to work on! Rachel did the illustrations and I animated it!

check out their Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CBS-Project-Kisumu/215863681788949!

Enjoy!



Thanks for watching!
-Colin

Stop Feeding the Poor and Start Making Music

Let me apologize in advance for the antagonistic title. Before taking this controversial statement at face value, please read and wrestle with this post. Truthfully, I just want people to read it and figured that this title would be intriguing. It is something that I care very much about, and my hope is to begin a conversation that challenges us all.

After multiple "chance" conversations with strangers about standards of living, and reading a beautiful devotional by Sadhu Sadar Singh (as well as many other events), I believe that God is stretching my heart and mind to include my brothers and sisters around the globe who many wrongly call "less fortunate."

With that said, please click "read more."

Beauty

A gorgeous bridge over a river in the jungle. Wow.

The village we visited yesterday was stunning. I have come to realize that these places (we are so enraptured by) are seen as mundane by the people who live there. Rainforest covered mountains take my breath away. Hibiscus flowers capture my attention. The beauty of my surroundings is so obvious. I find myself frequently saying “We have nothing so beautiful in the states!” Always, without fail, a local corrects me. “No! You have much more beautiful places in the US.”

The exotic is always deemed lovelier. We always long for what we don’t see. Why are we so ill contented?

Click read more to hear my thoughts and see more pictures.

Needing and Wanting

Communion is always beautiful...
no matter where you are.

What do you need right now?

Make a list.

What would happen if you didn't get those things?

I have declined to go to the bathroom in all gas station restrooms. I have avoided drinking tap water because it "just doesn't taste right." I have refused to sleep at certain hotels because they "looked too cheap." I have complained about the heat when my house and every surrounding business had air-conditioning.

Ungratefulness has consumed my mind for far too long.

God has been speaking to me very clearly about dependancy on him and being thankful for his blessings. Click read more to hear specifics. Without his permission, we could not breathe. He is merciful and good.

Always.

About Time!

Sorry we haven't done a post in a long while! We have been away from the internet on assignment. This will be Colins post in response to this past week, and later I believe Rachel will post also!

I can't go into much detail about our latest assignment. We will save that for a face to face talk sometime! But I can tell you about what amazing things we learned! Please click the read more button to keep reading, there are a lot of good things still to read in this post!

Home.

Yesterday I found a site online with a true-time satellite image of the globe. At the bottom of the page there were instructions on how to click a location and zoom in to see it better. I could have selected anywhere on the globe, but instinctively I clicked Michigan. Without any thought of what that meant, I waited for the site to give me a glimpse of my home. I was sorely disappointed when the site wouldn’t give me a close view of Stadium or Paw Paw Lake Drive. Click the read more button the keep reading!

Prayer Update

Please pray for Rachel! She is feeling sick. she has a cold/some nausea. Praise God that she got to go to a doctor and he didn't charge us a dime! We are so thankful for God placing christians here that can blessing in all kinds of ministries! She was able to eat some this afternoon and is now sleeping. Hopefully she will get better soon!
-Colin