Vox Lucens

It’s time.  Time for a few changes.

The first is hosting.  I feel like I’m moving up in the world - but it’s really more that I’m taking advantage of the generous offers of people far more tech-savvy than myself.  You should certainly see an improvement in speed of page loading!

The second is a redirect.  There was little or nothing worth reading on the main portions of this page, so everything now redirects to this blog.  That’s temporary, though, and I’ll be updating you when we have some new and improved main page content!  For now, though, the blog is the place to be.

The third is a background color.  I didn’t like the tan.  So far I’m not convinced I like the grey, either.   Maybe the rest of it just needs fiddling.  Thoughts are welcome.  One way or another, I’ll make the blog conform to the main page - when I have a main page to conform to, but thoughts are still welcome.

This evening our Jordan team met at the Remember storage facility on John’s Island to do some preliminary inventory and packing. In one of the boxes we found a wonderful specimen of roachdom - an albino.

He was quite the looker.

And it wasn’t just us doing the looking…here’s my personal favorite.

And just so you don’t hate me…

I’ve spent a good portion of the last couple of weeks just feeling overwhelmed with life. There’s the normal craziness (which still hasn’t settled down since completing studies!) but in it all I have been trying to switch paradigms. I’m trying to go from thinking about life in terms of “getting through law school, to thinking about long-term goals, from career to passions to dreams of success.” It’s different, and trying to come to grips with the uncertainty of it all is a rather terrifying thought.

But as I was struggling through all of this, I went back go a passage of Scripture that is fast becoming one of my favorites the book of 1 John. There I found a simple phrase that gave me such encouragement that I want to share it with you.

Chapter 3 starts with a simple phrase, saying, “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us…”

Behold, John tells us. Look - just look at the love of God!

So I thought I’d try it. Where does one look for the love of God? I tried looking at my past, and sure enough, there it was. God has opened every door I needed, proving His faithfulness at every turn and that is not even mentioning His unbelievable gifts of salvation and forgiveness.

I tried looking at my present, and God’s stamp of love is all over. I have a job that I not only enjoy, but that gives me the opportunity to do a good work while gaining experience. And God has brought me through the challenges of law school and the Bar.

And I tried looking at my future. Of course, I can’t know that future, but His promises are so clear. It does not take much faith to see His love all over my future, too.

Am I overwhelmed? Do I doubt and fear?

Behold.

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us…

The Bostic Law Firm sponsors the Charleston County Motorcycle Squad’s rodeo. Motorcycle officers from all over come to showcase their skills. I was asked to stop by and take a few pictures on Saturday, so that’s what I did…

Charleston’s major newspaper, the Post and Courier, picked up our Jordan trip with a story in today’s paper.

[Hint to readers: You could help raise prayer support by forwarding this link on...and I would really appreciate your help raising prayer support!]

http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jun/22/
group_aids_christian_refugees45220/

Two weeks from today I’ll be leading a team arriving in Amman, Jordan, for a series of medical clinics focusing on Iraqi refugees. In many ways, it feels like this trip is sneaking up on me, with work very busy (and having just come back from another trip mere weeks ago!).

But even though it may be sneaking up on me, I don’t want to forget to ask you for a very important request. Will you pray for me, and for our team?

Pray, if you would, for our preparations. We are taking a boatload of medical supplies, and the logistics can be tricky. Even just missing one item could jeopardize our ability to minister - please pray that everything would come together flawlessly. And pray for us as we prepare mentally, emotionally, and spiritually as well.

Pray, if you would, for our travel. Pray that the people would arrive refreshed and ready to minister. Pray that the luggage - so carefully prepared - would arrive! Pray for our travels in country, that the Lord would grant us safety and favor.

And pray for those that we will minister to. Pray that God would bring us just the right people to minister the love of Jesus Christ to, in practical ways.

We’ll be leaving July 4 and returning July 14. Thank you, friends.

Click here for more info on this trip.