I always like a challenge. They test us and see what we’re made off.

It’s not easy to preach in a foreign language. I managed to do ok encouraging the congregation to say, “Yo soy misionaro” “I am a missionary.”


Many also promised to pray for an individual every day until they led them to Christ.

I’m a big believer in incremental progress. It’s all about a lot of small steps. Unless we’re willing to try to do something hard, you can never get stronger.

The service was in Spanish. I sat beside Paulette Dehart who is one of my favorite partners. She represents Georgia Literacy and English as a Second Languange. While Carlos and the other pastors were speaking full speed Spanish, I noticed that Paulette was getting everything they said, including the jokes! Later I asked her where she learned Spanish. She said, “My mom is Colombian. I used to live in Colombia!” Cool!

It was great to work with Carlos Salaverria and his brother Raul today! In Step and the Norcross Co-op was also represented along with New Tribes and the Georgia Baptist Convention.

It’s a sad state of affairs, but I assume if you’re an American you only speak English. It’s a beautiful language, but it’s not the heart language of millions of people living here.

I had about 1/4″ of rain today. PTL.

Saw a Pileated Woodpecker this morning before going to Church. That’s what Woody Woodpecker is based on. They’re by far the biggest woodpecker and when they hit the tree with their bill it sounds like a hammer! I watched him strip away the outer bark on these dead trees exposing the inner core of the tree. The bugs were underneath that bark. Suddenly it became clear to me as I looked up on the trees how the branches came to be exposed. I’d always assumed it was just a natural process. I liked the precision of it.

I guess I’m easily amused.

Tomorrow I have a video shoot with a crew from the North American Mission Board.