Author: Brent
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One Way
I don’t know how many of you know this, but I’m somewhat a celebrity in the Philippines, especially in the city of Antipolo. Well, probably not, but I did have a giggling girl snap a picture with me when I played my guitar during an outreach there. We spent the afternoon in the city to…
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Here is not there
As a worship leader you would think that I have the whole worshiping God part down pat. But alas, I do not. When I travelled to the Philippines and experienced God in a truly real way, I thought that it would be somewhat easier to bring back the on-fire passion to the states. Last night…
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Research This
I’m a “do it yourself”er type of person. I like to learn to do things that you would typically have someone else do or buy the solution off the shelf. Build a desk, tune-up a car, fix a computer or make an HD antenna. I like to learn about new things, whether for a purpose…
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(not) finding your groove
As I think of what to write in this post, I am conflicted as to it’s topic. Guess I’ll just have to touch on them all! Lets start with grooving. Not musical grooving, but life grooving or as I would like to call it, life trenching. We all have our routines and daily schedules. There…
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Day Eight
As I begin to write this entry, I am flying above the north Pacific ocean en route to Seattle. The plane and it’s varied occupants are sitting above a soft and buttery bank of clouds illuminated by moonlight. I was fortunate enough to get a window seat, with Jordan on my left, Jess and Kyra…
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Day Seven (before we leave)
The day is over, our bags are packed and we have just a few hours of sleep left before we hop on a jet plane for home. My heart is heavy, but peaceful. My mind is racing, yet my thoughts are clear. I wish I had the time to share with you the amazing day…
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Day Six
Sorry for not getting this one out earlier. I hope you can all forgive me for being a little selfish in wanting to spend some more time with the kids. We are getting closer and closer to the kids with each and every moment. I can’t remember if I wrote this earlier, but I’m kind…
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Day Five
Well, we had quite a day. Before heading to Antipolo for some street ministry we continued work on the clinic. I spent some time this morning with the kids and enjoyed playing with them. I talked it over with Jess and we are going to sponsor at least one child here. I am so excited…
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Day Five – Afternoon Trip to Antipolo
We are headed to Antipolo this afternoon for a very stretching experience. We will be ministering to some street kids and we would ask for all of you prayers in this. I will update you this evening on the days events.
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Day Four
Well, I don’t have a lot of news to report for today, but we continue to make progress on the clinic. Plumbing has proven to be more challenging than originally anticipated, but otherwise things are progressing. I spent some quality time this morning singing songs and playing games with the kids. Some duck, duck, goose,…
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Day 3 (Brent’s view)
Yesterday was a game changer. For the first time, I felt deep inside me, the desire to adopt a child. As I walked up to church with our group, Jess was holding the hand of one of the girls. As we exited out the entry gate she grabbed my hand as well. We continued to…
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Day Two (now with pictures!)
Before I get going on the happenings of our life here at Rehoboth, we were not affected by Japan’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake that occurred around 1:00 pm our time yesterday. Our prayers are with the relief effort of the many aid workers in Japan and the surrounding costal communities. As far as I know, there was no…