Hi, I’m Carmen and I am 9 years old in the McGee family. We are going to Peru for 2 years. I am excited to see my Peruvian friends and a little sad to leave my friends here. This is going to be a big move so I am kind of scared. I have been there one time before and it was fun. We are going to live in Nauta. I want to take ballet, guitar, and art. That is all I have to say, Carmen.

Global Leadership Summit 2014

Amy and I had the opportunity to attend the two day 2014 Global Leadership Summit thanks to Cornwall church and Junglemaster Ministries. Real quick I wanted to sum up what I have taken away from the last two days. 11hrs 30 minutes of high level leaders coming at you with wisdom and ideas. All of them are great and impactful. It will take me days to think about all that was said. So I am going to try and summarize what impacted me the most. I can boil it down to four main points and the funny part is one of them i got was not from one of the speakers it was from one of the attendees we knew that we bumped into at a break! All right enough blabbing and here goes.

1- Crucial conversations:  out of love I have to have the hard conversations

2- Prayer is crucial but not an excuse to do nothing. If it is revealed to us we must act

3- I must take the next step but I can't take it alone it must be done with God 

4- God will not reveal the whole plan to us because if He did we would never have the courage to take the first step. 

There are many more that I may share later on but for now I leave you with that. I know it may not seem like much but for my mind that's a lot and I process slowly.

Ready and renewed

God has wonderfully renewed our trust and hope in selling our house. We had a buyer and with bittersweet mixed emotions we were ready to say goodbye to our home of 17 years, but, as things often do that deal fell through. We were a little disappointed at first but then as Joel and I prayed that we continue to walk in faith and trust the Lord showed us how disappointing it must be for the family that lost funding. This was to be their first home purchase and we remembered how excited we were when Joel purchased this house 17 years ago. So our hearts go out to the family and we both know how hard it must be to let that dream go for a awhile. My prayer for them is that they can see that God has a better plan for their family. We know that God's will is perfect and that the right buyer will come in His timing.

We would love continued prayer for us and our family as the time for leaving is drawing near. I am quickly becoming more sentimental as we close out summer with our traditional August activities. I am so grateful for this new perspective on our time here and how precious these moments are to our family and how precious our family and friends are to us. I am also realizing just how hard it is for everyone to truly say how much we all mean to each other. I am notorious for smiling and laughing through everything and not showing how difficult and deeply I feel things. So, it is really hard for me not to just ignore the fact that we are leaving and just pretend everything is the same and not really deal with these feelings which if not dealt with, will send me into grieving once we are in Peru. I must also keep in mind that it really is only for a few years and that time goes so quickly and to God that isn't even a blink of an eye for Him. So with total trust and faith in Jesus and my Father I am facing all these moments and treasuring the abundant blessings he has bestowed on our small family. I am renewed and ready for the journey ahead. And, with the amazing love and support of all our family and friends and everyone of you I know we (all of you and us) are changing lives for the glory of God!

Faith

And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.

Matthew 4:19-21

The date has been set, Aug. 28^th I will walk away from what I have done for a living for over 20 years. I have been called to go a different direction.  Faith it’s black and white to me, either I trust him or I don’t. I know what I have heard from my God, it is clear to me. I thank God every day that he has made it as clear to me as he has. Now it is time to go. The doors keep opening and we will continue to walk through them. Now all this doesn’t mean that we don’t have moments of pure terror with thoughts racing through our minds like “what are we thinking” or a real common thought of “are we really doing this”? He equips us in more ways than I ever imagined. He gave me a wife and a daughter who at moments when I am frozen and scared to take another step forward: they are there to encourage and pray with me. On the other side of that when they are frozen and scared I am there to encourage and pray with them. Yes, we have moments of panic and these are the moments our faith is being tested. Do I trust him or not. Yes I trust him, I will go where he wants me to go.

Q & A Video

Ok everyone....here it is....our FIRST video. EVER!! Please bear with us as we learn how to do this video thing...I know its not the best but, we really want to just talk to y'all. No fancy stuff yet, just us uncut.  We would love to answer any other question you may have for us. So please leave a comment at the end of this post or contact us on Facebook. (Joel McGee or Amy Ladner McGee) If you would like to learn more about the amazing mission Junglemasters Ministires here is the link to their website : http://junglemaster.org/