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All Times are His Season

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All times are his season, the fruit of his hand. His mercy lie waiting in the son of man.... Way back in the 80's, new to the Christian faith I was still wondering, 'Lord What', 'Lord When' and 'Lord How', do you want me to spread this amazing gift of salvation. Like any young believer I was anxious to get on with this adventure and make my mark for Him on my new world of colour.   But, as the years pass by we develop an understanding that is not about the rush of youthful energy quite so much as it is about learning to wait on Him to guide us into the next seasons of life.   That HE must become more and I must become less rings true in scripture and in all believer’s lives.   Pouring our lives out as a fragrant offering as Paul talked about, ready to go anywhere, any-time as a bond servant of the most high God.   Not rushed, but with a 'relaxed concern' as Frank Tillipaugh talked about in the mid 80's.   I believe that God has now brou...

How to build a LARGE 590 m2 Community Building

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We are starting to build structures with locals in Johannesburg as well as bringing teens from the UK and Canada to help.  Please take a look at the system of construction we are settling into in order to help others in Africa and around the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p9F7Bhn4kc

Momentum.... scaling things up

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mo·men·tum mōˈmen(t)əm,məˈmen(t)əm/ noun 1.     1 . PHYSICS the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity. 2.     2 . the impetus gained by a moving object. "the vehicle  gained momentum  as the road dipped" 1996 Kelowna Amor Mexico build In 1991 a group of teens from Kelowna BC built the first Canadian AMOR house in Mexico.  The simple beginnings of this 7m x 7m ‘garage on steroids’ as we called it has had huge implications on the way we have shaped youth outreach over the years and has left a tangible mechanism that we could use to help the poor at the same time.   Always centred on relational development, the trips have been about doing life together to discover Christ, while at the same time holding true to scripture ….. do not forget the poor. Fast forward 20+ years and nothing has changed philosophically, but everything is changing kinetically....