Over 4,000 people attended MissionsFest 2010!!
HESENTME.ORG, INC. Thank you to everyone that stopped by and visited us this weekend at MissionsFest 2010. And an extra special THANK YOU to Shane and Kristen Wheeler for their hard work getting us ready for the event and helping us at the HESENTME booth.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Visit the HESENTME booth at MissionsFest 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Solar Power For The CSPS Clinic In Balembar, Burkina Faso, West Africa
Do We Give Enough To Help The Poor?
The total income of American churchgoers is $5.2 trillion. (That's more than five thousand billion dollars.) It would take just a little over 1 percent of the income of American Christians to lift the poorest one billion people in the world out of extreme poverty. Think of it this way, American Churchgoers, who make up about 5 percent of the Church worldwide, control about half of the global Christian wealth; a lack of money is NOT the problem.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Answered Prayer In Ouagadougou
On one of our last evenings in Ouagadougou last December, I crawled into bed after a very long day. I was in bed only about 10 minutes when the electricity went out. I stepped out of my room for a moment and asked Lynn Kennedy if everything was OK. She said that "this was a normal blackout and that the power would be out for the rest of the night."
I laid back down and as the room began to heat up from no fan or air conditioning I began to pray. I told God that He had the power to restore the electricity and again thanked Him for all that He had done for us on this trip. As I spoke the last word of the prayer, the electricity came back on.
The next morning I asked Lynn if she had prayed for the power to be restored. She said "no." I told her what had happened to me that night and she asked why I didn't come out and tell everyone what had happened. I explained to her that I just wanted to enjoy the moment with God.
About 15 minutes later our photo journalist, Kristen came out of her room and explained that when the power went out, she began to pray. She said, "just as I said the last word of the prayer the electricity came on."
Then I was reminded of Matthew 18:19-21 "For where two or more come together in My name, there am I with them."
I laid back down and as the room began to heat up from no fan or air conditioning I began to pray. I told God that He had the power to restore the electricity and again thanked Him for all that He had done for us on this trip. As I spoke the last word of the prayer, the electricity came back on.
The next morning I asked Lynn if she had prayed for the power to be restored. She said "no." I told her what had happened to me that night and she asked why I didn't come out and tell everyone what had happened. I explained to her that I just wanted to enjoy the moment with God.
About 15 minutes later our photo journalist, Kristen came out of her room and explained that when the power went out, she began to pray. She said, "just as I said the last word of the prayer the electricity came on."
Then I was reminded of Matthew 18:19-21 "For where two or more come together in My name, there am I with them."
Friday, January 15, 2010
A Parable...
One early morning, after a fierce storm had hit the coast, I strolled to the beach for my morning walk. Horrified, I saw that tens of thousands of starfish had been washed up on the beach by the winds and waves. I was saddened by the realization that all of them would die, stranded on the shore, away from the life-giving water. Despairing that there was nothing I could do, I sat down on the sand and put my head in my hands.
But then I heard a sound, and I lifted my eyes. There, in the distance, I saw a man bending down and then standing up, bending down and standing up. Curious, I rose and walked toward him. I saw that he was picking up the starfish, one at a time, and throwing them back into the sea.
"What are you doing?" I yelled.
"Saving the starfish," he replied.
"But don't you see, man, that there are tens of thousands of them?" I asked incredulous. "Nothing you can do will make a difference."
He did not answer me but instead bent down, picked up another starfish, and cast it back into the water. Then he smiled, looked at me in the eyes, and said, "It made a difference to that one!"
But then I heard a sound, and I lifted my eyes. There, in the distance, I saw a man bending down and then standing up, bending down and standing up. Curious, I rose and walked toward him. I saw that he was picking up the starfish, one at a time, and throwing them back into the sea.
"What are you doing?" I yelled.
"Saving the starfish," he replied.
"But don't you see, man, that there are tens of thousands of them?" I asked incredulous. "Nothing you can do will make a difference."
He did not answer me but instead bent down, picked up another starfish, and cast it back into the water. Then he smiled, looked at me in the eyes, and said, "It made a difference to that one!"
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