Florida and Bahamas
Great to be home after a wonderful trip to Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale and to the Patmos Reality Discipleship in the Bahamas. I had such a refreshing time meeting the the pastors at Ft. Lauderdale. Pastor Mike Leger and Pastor Billy Venezia were huge encouragements, and I was blessed by how the Lord is using those guys to do fresh, new things for the kingdom of God!
Of course it was sweet getting to meet Pastor Bob Coy again. It was funny, when I first met him he was our guest speaker for the 2010 Youth Worker’s Conference in Murrieta, CA. I asked him how he was doing, and he, very seriously, started complaining that his tea was supposed to be heated to 89 degrees, and that bowl of snacks was supposed to only have red Skittles - not the assortment! He had me going for a while, but he quickly let on that he was just messing with me. The Lord has used him in great ways in my life, so it was cool to meet him and see the amazing church God’s blessed him with.
Pastor Chet is an amazing director and visionary for the Patmos Reality Discipleship Program. The man is hardcore, and very, very gifted. He gave us a pretty close first hand experience of what the students go through during their time at Patmos. I am really excited that we, Costa Mesa, are partnering with Ft. Lauderdale in establishing the Patmos Reality Discipleship Program at our Bible College campus in Brazil.
On my way back from the Bahamas to Florida, our plane was struck by lightning. Ladies in the back of me were screaming, “Jesus, Jesus saves us!” I was clinching the seat in front of me praying that I wouldn’t throw up as our plane was dropping from turbulence in the sky. I was asked, “Did you share the Gospel to the people on the plane?” In answer to that, No, after what happened on the plane everyone got right with Jesus!
Needless to say, I made it back alive, and overall I had an amazing time!