What? Is it THAT time already? (VIDEO)

The challenge of serving in a missions organization is having to depend daily, moment-by-moment upon the Lord, while at the same time,  thinking a minimum of six months ahead.  

It feels like our teams have just returned from serving this past summer in Brazil.  My thoughts of Argentina and Paraguay remain clear and freshly warm.  We are getting our first cold weather of the fall here in southern California and I just used my heater for the first time a few nights ago.  How can we be possibly thinking of summer missions already??

One major reason for our early start in publicizing next summer's program is due to JEMS' plan to participate at the Urbana Student Missions Conference at the end of December this year.  The conference, hosted by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, will be held in St Louis, Missouri.  Four or five members of JEMS staff will be in attendance. 

The JEMS booth at Urbana will be available to field questions about missions opportunities in Japan.  (While we are open to the same opportunities for South America, my department is not quite mobilized for a national training program.  That being said, please pray for God's provision of a missions coordinator for my department!)


As we prepare for next year's ministry in South America, I have prepared an invitation video, encouraging folks to prayerfully consider an opportunity to serve the Lord there.  The dates will be from July 7 to 31.  


We are hoping to send six teams to twelve churches during 3-1/2 weeks of ministry.

If you have any friends who may be thinking about serving this summer with JEMS South America, please feel free to pass them the link for this blog or to Youtube.  

Application deadline is February 28, 2013.

Enjoy the video!  (for best results, please feel free to dial up the resolution using the settings icon at the bottom of the video).




Other November links:
Open doors and open hearts - Link
Justine transition - Link
PJ Health - Link