I love how intertwined our impact in communities can be. Let me explain what I mean. In my last post I talked about our Personal Kingdom Impact Plan - a plan that helps us be intentional about impacting our community economically, socially, spiritually and environmentally. When we are intentional about making an impact in one […]
Archive for November, 2006
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Economic & Social Impact
Published by 1 year, 9 months ago in Business as Mission, Economic and Social. 0 CommentsNov
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Social Impact
Published by 1 year, 9 months ago in Business as Mission and Social. 3 Comments As part of our Personal Kingdom Impact Plan, Jon and I have made a decision to purchase only fair trade coffee - a small, but beneficial impact on coffee farmers. Last Friday we attended a local screening of Black Gold which made a huge impact on the both of us.
The movie took me back […]
Our Pastor sent us this video showing how crazy the traffic in India can be. I guess there’s no such thing as “right of way” in India
I think we’ll do a lot more walking in India - driving may be hazardous to our health!
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Every journey has its battles
Published by 1 year, 9 months ago in Business as Mission and Our Story. 0 CommentsA little over a month ago, my women’s Bible study group started reading The Three Battlegrounds by Francis Frangipane. As I flipped the book open and began reading the introduction, the words were like a sharp arrow piercing my heart.
This is a book about spiritual warfare. Before we proceed, however, I have two concerns. The […]
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Once Upon a Time…
Published by 1 year, 10 months ago in Business as Mission and Our Story. 0 CommentsIn order to give you all a little background into how Jon and I are going India I thought I would share a little bit about how the journey began. About a year ago, our boss began planting a bug to start a business in India. At that time, the plan was […]
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The fear that grips me
Published by 1 year, 10 months ago in Business as Mission. 1 CommentHere’s an IM conversation I just had with my wife. It came up after I was perusing the YWAM bookstore and feeling like I knew nothing about missions, yet here I was going to India to do business as missions.
jon: there’s so much to read/learn/digest
beth: I know
jon: i feel like I know nothing, yet I’m […]
