Whew... 17 days in.

Dear Friends,

I really don’t know where to begin this. It’s about 1:00am here (meaning 3:00am for most of you) and I’m definitely quite awake. Working the overnight shift affects quite a few daily habits and seemingly natural actions, haha. God has been gracious the past week, and I thank you for your continuing prayers. As a team out here, we are in no comfortable place of rest. Our intentionality for spiritual warfare is daily and constant. There have been numerous persecutions of our people’s faith by co-workers. It’s not anything I’m used to at all. In all things, God is good, and He has daily brought me into His presence and several times allowed the briefest glimpse of wonder at His glory. He knows what He is doing and every single person here is His son or daughter. Pray for them.

Our extended training sessions have gone fairly well since we left Missouri. Though our schedules have not always been the most workable with each other, God has provided and the Holy Spirit is moving among us and teaching us as we need to learn. We are still learning the nature of a unified body and what it means to minister with each other. The enemy is also hard at work here. Even in the last minute of writing these paragraphs, a co-oworker of mine approached my table and questioned my integrity in the presence of all the employees in the recreation hall. The Lord Himself is my defense, even though right now after such a interaction my hands are trembling and my heart is racing. Pray against the enemy, this will not be the last of such accusations. The nature of my heart and passion for this generation rests in the purity of my love for them. If the enemy can mar that or bring a notion of insincerity to it, then He may as well have taped my mouth shut. My peers and people here watch, and they watch with the presumption that there must be a catch. Pray for my protection and wisdom in every situation. I know He will provide.

My hands have stopped shaking now *exhale,* and I guess in light of this most recent experience all I can do is ask that you continue to pray as the Lord lays us on your heart and with the specificity that He allows you to perceive. I love and miss you all.

Humbly,
Greg