Well hey guys,

Wow..............7 weeks left!!!! I hope you guys know how much I miss you all and pray that God is doing some great things in your lives.  I would like to extend my thanks to you guys through one of Paul's letter to the Philippians.

            ESV- Phil. 4:17-19 "Not that I seek a gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen."

Just as Paul said, I am well supplied, I'm in a place of overflow and your gift has also been a seed and blessing to other ministries around the world. I pray that through your gift, whether in pray or finances, that all you have is blessed a hundred fold. I know that God will supply every need that you may have and do much more than we can think or imagine.

Well Since Africa, I have traveled all of Romania visited all our teams and helping out with their ministries. Hahaha I pretty sure I traveled about 60 hours total on a train that month..... I've about had enough of the train rides! We finished our third debrief which was our best one yet!!!! It just rocked....What more can I say! After Romania it was our ATL "Ask The Lord" time in Europe..... The team I was traveling with choose Prague, Czech Republic. Well let me be the first to say it was one of the most beautiful architectural cities I have ever seen. There where castles ...yes I mean castles, there were the most amazing statutes from the Roman Empire that were in really good shape, and some of the most beautiful bridges I've ever walked on. Our ministry in Prague was a IHOP ministry.....No we were not making pancakes..... It's the International House of Prayer. We had all night worship services and had just an amazing time. A few nights we would stay up all night playing worship music and just enjoying God presences. It was a real good time. We would all take turns on each instrument and just play what we felt!!!!

So yeah where am I now???........Good question!!!! I'm not even going to pretend I knew where Moldova was located.  But if you can find it... I'm in some city that starts with an "F".......... Sorry that's all I have for now!!!

Guys I love and miss you so much......your in my prayers and wow I'll be seeing you guys soon!!!

Gen 3 is the story of the fall of man; it begins with a cunning serpent speaking to Eve about the tree of "The knowledge of good and evil." During this dialogue we can see that Adam must not have been far away because in verse 6 it says that, "she ate and then gave it to her husband with her and he ate of the fruit"..... and the rest is history!!!  Many people blame Eve for eating the apple and causing Adam to sin as well, but I think differently about the story.

Yesterday afternoon our contacts in Nigeria took us to see some of the culture facilities in Calabar. One of the locations was a monkey resort. The owner gave us a tour of the facility and explained just about anything you could imagine about monkeys! The guide explained monkey behavior living in their communities and how the most important functions of their community are the Alfa Male and Alfa Female. In monkey communities the Alfa's are the rulers of everything. They possess power to eat first, sleep in the best locations, protect the community from other communities, and possess the power to mate with whomever they choose. The Alfa male will walk around with his tale in the air showing his dominance to the other males in the community. If another male raises his tale at any point it will signify that he is challenging the Alfa's position. In an instant the Alfa male will fight the male who raises his tale; the strongest always wins and some fights go until the death.

An interesting thing about their community is the Alfa male and the Alfa female relationship. The Alfa male will follow his female every stride she takes. No one can touch her, and I mean no one!! Nothing comes to her except through him and he will protect her at all cost. No one can give her anything without the Alfa male having it first. When she would come to the fence to see us, he was there watching us. The best part was when we moved he would move with us always between her and our position. No other male would dare come close to her because it would surely be a fight. No one could have her except the Alfa male and everyone knew and respected it. It reminds of the Adam and Eve in the garden. Where was the man?

Where was the man while Eve was speaking to the serpent? Adam should have had his tale in the air exercising his God given dominance and he should have said in a stern voice, "Hey you...get away from my Women!!"

Take a lesson from the monkeys guys......It's time that we bring the fight back for our women. I'm not saying that I have this lesson like a pro, but its something that I recognize and moving towards. I want to be a man with his tale in the air!! I want my wife to feel comfort and security with and without my presence. She needs to know that I'm watching out for her and that I want the best for her life. It's time for us as men to bring out our A Game.  I want to fight for the gift of life God will bless me with. I am to love her as Christ loved the church, and in this approach I take my LEAD AS THE MAN.....

So I want to be a world changer!!! I live in a understanding that all things are possible but I want to see them manifest in front of my eyes. There is something inside all of us that reaches out for more, that wants to experience God in a life changing way. We want to have encounters like Jacob and receive a new name, or like Moses on the mountain and hear His voice, or even Paul and have our religion and life completely turned upside down. This past week I had one of these encounters.....I met my angel!! I was praying with our squad leaders and I simply started thanking God for His protection on our team. For whatever reason I felt like something was going to happen. So I sat there waiting....moments later I heard his voice. He said, "My name is Shane" to tell you the truth I laughed. I laughed hard, I could not put my head around that name. I was expecting some long crazy name that I couldn't say or something so profound.............. but Shane? I didn't know what to do......I began to think that I was making this all up in my head and that it wasn't real. Then again he said, "I'm Shane" then he walked over to me, bent over and placed his right hand on my left shoulder. I could only see his hand, arm, and face. He was a metallic gray and silver color with a crown on his head. As I looked at him he then placed something in my chest, then pulled out this black human heart. I asked him what did he put inside of me. He said, "A Scroll." I then asked what was on the scroll, he said " Your Future" I then asked what was pulled out of my chest and Shane said it was Guilt. Amazed and completely astonished, I knew God was telling me something important about my future and my past. Sometimes we feel that we have to find our futures and make things happen in our lives. God has placed everything inside of us and all we need to learn to do is release it into the world. God has given us talents, God has given us inventions, and knowledge, and prophetic words, discerning hearts, and the ability to receive more. We have it! Guys we really do!!! And we shouldn't feel guilty about anything. We should never allow our circumstances to become bigger than the cross. Jesus paid the price, He took our guilt and shame that we should never deal with it again.

So with this mind, I'm ready for increase. God give it to me!!!! God give it to us!!!!

I also found out this month that I will be teamed up with Katie and Weston as the new Squad Leaders.

I'll will be able to give more details about this new position as time goes on, but for now all I can say is that its been one of the best things for me yet on the race!!!

Love you guys and thank you for all the support and pray!

Jory