Daily Archives: February 13, 2014

an open letter to our ESI colleagues

Friends,

We at CEO were surprised and saddened on Monday when we heard the news of the closing of ESI. Indeed, ESI was a pioneer in facilitating teachers on mission. It is my observation in my 17 years of ministry in and around Hungary that God’s impact through you for His Kingdom has been significant. We trust that God will bear lasting fruit from the Gospel seeds sown in the past and that are being sown today, in classrooms, over coffee, through your relationships. READ MORE

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drowning?

Listening to the radio the other night I heard an interesting interview on Fresh Air, CLICK HERE to listen.

Described in this interview is the training necessary for British Royal Navy pilots who are taught how to survive a sea crash of their helicopter. They are taught to wait for the vehicle to submerge and quiet down before following the counter intuitive instructions that will save their life. They are to wait, then at a certain point, eject the window, and then unbuckle their safety harness. All this, when their instincts tell them to work as hard as they can as fast as they can to get out NOW! But, they are told to wait, to have faith in their instructor who has told them how to survive.

Isn’t is our instinct to flail around, work as hard, as fast as possible? Even when we are told to relax, to wait, to follow the instructor?

What are the ways you need to trust?

And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. (Isaiah 30:20-21, ESV)

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