Dumaguete countdown

Posted on April 9, 2006
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Saigon… shit; I’m still only in Saigon… Every time I think I’m gonna wake up back in the jungle. When I was home after my first tour, it was worse. I’d wake up and there’d be nothing. I hardly said a word to my wife, until I said “yes” to a divorce. When I was here, I wanted to be there; when I was there, all I could think of was getting back into the jungle. I’m here a week now… waiting for a mission… getting softer; every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker, and every minute Charlie squats in the bush, he gets stronger. Each time I looked around, the walls moved in a little tighter. (Captain Willard, Apocalypse Now)

I’m leaving for Dumaguete in the Philippines in less than three days as part of a team from The Vine. As always before a mission trip I feel the same as Martin Sheen’s character in Francis Ford Coppola’s film.

I can’t wait to get back out in the field, surrounded by people for whom being reliant on God isn’t just a catchphrase. Even worse is the sense that the more time I spend in Hong Kong, the more ground the enemy is able to capture, be it in the Philippines, in Thailand or wherever.

The church also has a team heading for Beijing, which is going to be huge, but looking at the diverse group of individuals in my team, and the way they have been bought together, one has to believe He has plans for this team.

Its going to be an amazing trip and I am really looking forward to it now. If only I can survive the feeling that the room is getting smaller until we leave

We leave on Thursday morning and return the following Wednesday. Please pray for us while we are away.


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