OMIE

My best friend Omie Sola(extreme left, Spanish looking guy!) and I grew up together. I stood as his Best Man during his wedding. Two years ago he recieved Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior. I had the previledge of personally officiating his baptism during our Men's Ministry retreat. A few hours ago I recieved a text message from the Philippines, it came from Chaz my Pastor in Bacolod City (where I used to live) he informed me that Omie is now in a critical condition after suffering from a heart attack and brain aneurysm. Omie's condidtion is very unstable doctors are hoping that in 14 days (should his current treatment help stabilize his condition) that he could go through surgery as he is also suffering from a brain hemmorage. After recieving the text from Chaz a flurry of text messages coming from several other members of my local church in Bacolod reached my cell phone informing me of Omie's fate and asking me to pray for him. It's funny I was just thinking about him this morning in fact I called a friend from the Philippines today to ask how Omie was doing. And then this very unfortunate news came, I remember right before I left the Philippines to move to the United States Omie said these words to me that just keeps on resonating..."I won't have a friend whom I can share my burdens with in the same way I do with you anymore" to which I responded by saying "You will always have Jesus." And now there he is lying on a hospital bed, unconcious....If you are reading this blog please join me in praying for my best friend that he survives this crisis...I feel so helpless...I should be there with him right now... but I'm not.

They Were My Spiritual Family...They Still Are

Horizon Christian Fellowship, Bacolod City the Philippines during the visit of my Dallas Church Pastor last summer.

....I miss you guys!!!

My love to all of you in Christ Jesus Amen.

1Corinthians 16:24

BEYOND THE NEW FRONTIER

Behold, the greatest ride of your life eeeeeeehawwwwwwww.........................

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone the new has come
2Corinthians 5:17

WHEN I THINK OF HOME

This is a picture of my daughter's best friends back in Bacolod City, the Philippines. These are friends she grew up and studied with. My daughter does not know when she will be able to see them again. This poignant picture reminds us that we are all but sojourners in this world although there is a greater place that awaits us that we can call our eternal home.

And you will recieve a rich welcome into the ETERNAL KINGDOM of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
2Peter 1:11

TO REACH THE UNREACHABLE...

Yahoo, Google...T-Mobile, AT&T, Cingular and Verizon...Time Warner and DISH Network. World Wide Web, Cellular Phones and Sattelite Telivision. The world is getting smaller and it has now reached a point to where it is easier to reach the unreachable through technology. And yet...In our own local churches there may be some individuals who may be experiencing a degree of preclusion or a sense of isolation.

Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use whatever gift he has recieved to serve others, faithfuly administering God's grace in its various forms.

1Peter 4:9-10

QUACK...Quack...quack

If it walks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck.......Then it must be a duck!

"But there were also false prophets among you, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the soverign Lord who bought them- bringing them swift destruction on themselves."
2Peter 2:1

STATUS: RESTRICTED NATIONS

Restricted Nations: Christians are kept from obtaining Bibles or other Christian literature by government policy or practice. The local governments also sanction Christians being harassed, imprisoned, killed, or deprived of their possesions or liberties because of their faith in Jesus Christ and their desire to worship God according to the dictates of their conscience.

Afghansitan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China and Tibet, Comoro Islands, Cuba, Cyprus, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Morroco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Quatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen...STATUS: RESTRICTED NATIONS

Pray: For the needs of our Christian Brethren who are going through persecution even as we speak in these countries.

"Remember those who are in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering."
Hebrews 13:3