The Kingdom

Dear Blog

Sorry its been so long since I wrote. Things here in Panama are going well...although we haven´t only been in Panama recently. With our Panamanian visas expiring we fled the country as fugitives and landed in El Salvador, homeland for two of my teamates. There we ate pupusas, saw Volcanos, ate some more, relaxed and got to know the friendliest people on earth. One of the highlights was meeting up with Selegna and the Stint team in El Salvador. We spent an afternoon together visiting ruins, sharing stories and experiences and generally just connecting. I am always amazed at the depth of relationships that can happen instantly between Christians...together as one body we instantly have that connection.

One thing that I think has been the over riding ´lesson´I have learned this year on STINT, and definately what I have been learning about recently is the immensity of the Kingdom of God. It has no boundaries, no limits, its unstoppable, unquenchable and will never end!!! I get excited just writting that. It was exciting to meet up with believers in EL Salvador and see what God is doing there. Its exciting being a part of the work down here, and next week it will be exciting to recieve 20 Canadians who are coming from across Canada to serve in Panama 6 weeks. Wherever I look on a map I can just think of what GOd is doing there....how His Kingdom is expanding.

I will leave you with a couple of my favorite verses from this year...

Colossians 1:6 (NLT)
This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your lives from the day you first heard and understood the truth about God’s wonderful grace.

Daniel 2:44-45
In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands—a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.
"The great God has shown the king what will take place in the future. The dream is true and the interpretation is trustworthy."


As I sign off I know that people, part of the Kingdom, are reading this around the world! Until next time..

Steve