I'm Ba-aaaaack!

Hello all. I am in Kabul and all is well. I will be out and about and would love to see or talk to you. KAF and TK this week. Let me know if you are in that area. My Afghan cell is 070-734-7915. Call me. Even if we haven't met. I can tell you from experience it feels good to see people from church while you are here. Well, it was an exciting time right when I got here. I actually was delayed from coming into Kabul due to last weeks shootings downtown. I live on the airport in a triple secure area, so I am somewhat removed from that stuff. We get an occasional rocket attack, but they are never close. Please remember that you are in the thoughts and prayers of so many, including myself. Keep up the good work and remember that while you may not always see the fruits of your labor, your steps are ordered of the Lord! I wanted to share with you a word of encouragement real quick. My team and I hired a man a few months ago for our flight operations section (John). He is very experienced and I was glad to have him. From the first day on the job he started hitting home runs with all kinds of needed refinements. Anyway, once I got back to Kabul I felt kinda down. Not sure why. I increased my prayer and reading time and just attempted to power through it, but my first few days just seemed dumpy. I had lunch with John today and found out the most important thing...that we both know the Lord! Immediately we began to speak like brothers. Not only did we hit if off professionally and personally, but now we had Christ in common. Very cool, I love when this happens. I won't go into how we immediately began to minister to each other, but I will say how the Lord spoke to my heart through this meeting. Look for God. Look for God in everything. Everything we do. Everything we see. Every relationship; good and bad. Look for God in your painful times; great joy can come from hard times. God allows our trials and bad times to refine us, which helps us to know Him more. God is with you. He is directing your paths. He can be seen in all things. You just need to look for him. Read Psalm 23. The world we live in is the "shadow of death". Afghanistan feels like "actual death" much of the time, but God is still with us. Fear no evil, for he is with you. Look for Him...every moment of every day. Allow the knowledge of His precence to give you peace! Peace. PS. Seriously....go read the 23rd Psalm.