Tyler's in "The New Paper" & Other News from Here (emailed newsletter)

Look what hit the newstands yesterday...

(Search "singlish" on youtube, you'll find what got him noticed in the paper. 

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Dear Friends:

Here are the highlights from last month and some prayer requests for November! 

Thank you for partnering with us as we serve the church by building up stronger leaders in Asia.

October highlights 

Finished up with 2 championship football games. Both boys grew a lot from the experience.

Still can't believe we have a league here! Met a whole batch of new people and enjoyed cheering with other parents in the stands!

From Jim... 

The two highlights for me last month were the Executive Committee Retreat on the 8th and the launch of a new mentoring network on the 14th.  All eight members of the Executive Committee were engaged and enthusiastic about dreaming and listening to where the Lord is leading us as a ministry, and how we can expand to be a blessing to all the churches in Singapore.  We came up with some clear priorities that will guide our decisions in recruiting staff, and decided to meet again in November to talk about expansion to other countries in Asia.  There was wonderful rapport and responsiveness at the new mentoring network, and I sensed the Lord had brought together the right members.  All of them were sending a flurry of emails in the week following our first one-day meeting.  This is only the second time I have had women in one of my mentoring networks, and they add a delightful touch!

From Kimberly...

The CRM women's conference (16th-24th) was genuinely encouraging and empowering. 

I am so blessed to be a part of an organization with Godly leaders I so deeply respect as the years deepen us all. It was a unique privilege to be a part of this pilot group, and I look forward to opportunities to pass on what I've gained. Besides The Gospel of Ruth (photo above), another good read for this retreat was: COURAGE & CALLING, Gordon Smith

Please Pray for us in November 

It's a big month for James, while Kimberly is mostly behind the scenes supporting others' big events:

5-7 CRMS Focusing Leaders Networks: Facilitator Training

11 CRM Coaching Workshop

12 Hosting a table at a dinner for our local Young Life. 

Lord we're so thankful for the Young Life staff and families who are here and invest in our children!

17 CRMS Executive Committee meets for 1/2 day prayer & planning retreat

18 Helping start a weekly Home Group at Redemption Hill Church 

Thank you Lord for Leading us here and our growing relationships with You and one another. It's exciting to be part of a new church with so many passionate young believers.

20 Youth training for outreach during the Youth Olympics. 

Lord, guide and bless this is a massive undertaking to recruit 5000 Christian volunteers to help in this first ever Youth Olympics next August.

20,21 "The Habitudes Experience" Equipping Youth Leaders with author Tim Elmore. 

Lord, I pray that the sketches to support these dynamic lessons will hit the target and be a good growing experience for the youth who are cast! 

21 Jim teaching church leaders on Mentoring while Kimberly has a Parade Rehearsal (will the boys be involved? the jury is still out!)

22 Jim Preaches 2 services in a local church.

23 Kimberly's Performing Arts in Ministry students have their final class for the term. 

As you have in the past Lord, inspire these students to take what they've learned about many forms of theatre and build upon this simple 

foundation to creatively reach the Nations and bring hope and meaning to life through your good news: You're alive and we can know you!

26 Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

We've so very much to be thankful for, and yet, Lord we still get homesick and our parents are lonely during the holidays. May we keep our eyes on you and look forward to the precious times we will have together this coming June.

As always, we treasure news from you and the opportunity to be praying for things close to your heart. We're blessed to know you and believe God is doing and will do wonderful things in and through you as we head into the holiday season.

 

Fondly,

Kimberly & Jim Creasman

(and the child of some friends!)

"And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is."

-Ephesians 3:18

Here are links to our other news & articles: DRAMA MINISTRY, CRM SIngapore

What I'm Reading:

Jim - Hebrews, Sound Doctrine, Brother JC Hedgecock

Kimberly - Philppians, ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life, Judith Kolberg & Kathleen Nadeau

 YEAR END GIVING...

We'd love your partnership in this way,

and pray that you'd have great joy 

in these kind of investments!

(whether is it with us or with other good work around the world!)

Charitable Giving thru CRM 

for the Creasmans' ministry based in Singapore:

www.crmleaders.org

Donation questions (in USA) 1 (800) 777-6658

"Creasman-acct 5651"

CRM- 1240 N. Lakeview, Suite 120, Anaheim, CA 92807-1831

Perfect Singlish from the Singaporean White Boy | CNNGo

Perfect Singlish from the Singaporean White Boy | CNNGo

never thot Tyler'd make CNN for Singlish...pretty funny...

K

SEPTEMBER 2009 Highlights - emailed

School started up again 

and things got going, 

got shaped up,

healed up, 

or wrapped up!

Phew!

Dear Friends

It's always strange this time of year to think about many of you putting on sweaters, sipping hot chocolate, seeing your breath on a cold day as over here, we stay in our shorts and continue into the "fall" with BBQs, sunglasses and sunblock!

Life in the 21st century can get full no matter where one lives. In Singapore, for all the Creasmans, that's what it has been!

Thank you for your prayers and support for us through a couple months of silence!

Here are the highlights from last month and some prayer requests for October.

(BTW, here are links to other news & articles from the past few months: DRAMA MINISTRY, CRM SIngapore)

Aug 26-Sept 6 - See below for Kimberly's exciting report about 2 weeks of events for Christians in theatre in Singapore/Malaysia.

2 - Jim spoke at the monthly gathering of the Evangelical Fellowship of Singapore, on "Growing in Spiritual Authority" from Isaiah 42:1-7

3, 16, 28 - Jim led small groups of Christian leaders in monthly mentoring networks.

7-11 - CRM Singapore sponsored a weeklong training in Coaching Skills for Christian leaders.

12 - The boys play their first football game of the 2009 season, which only lasts two months!

25 - Kimberly's parents arrive for a two week visit, yeah!  Grandpa Chuck helps out every afternoon as an assistant coach on Cameron's football team.

26 - Jim leads a quarterly breakfast meeting of the facilitators for CRM's mentoring networks.

27 - Kimberly co-leads an informational briefing for church leaders on how to participate in the National Chinese New Year Parade next February.  She is serving as Artistic Director for the float representing the Christian Community in Singapore.

Here are a few things we're praying for as we step out in OCTOBER:

1 - CRM Singapore hosts a one day workshop in coaching skills for Christian leaders

7, 22, 26 - Jim leads small groups of Christian leaders in monthly mentoring networks.

8 - The CRM Singapore Executive Committee has a planning retreat to develop strategy for CRM's growth.  Please pray for Jim as he leads this time, and ask the Lord to give wisdom and clear direction for the group of 9 as they discuss how to grow staff and programs in order to fulfill their vision of building spiritual leaders for every church and ministry in Singapore and birthing apostolic mentoring teams for every country in Asia.

11- Jim preaches in a local church.  Pray the Lord speaks through him to inspire and mobilize believers to a more devoted and fruitful life.

14 - Tyler (11th grade) takes the PSAT.  Less than two years until he heads off for college!  Please pray for a clear mind to demonstrate his brilliance :-0

14 - Focused Living Seminar.  Jim and two pastor friends lead a one-day seminar for Christian leaders to clarify their calling.  Please pray for the right people to attend and out of this seminar to form 1-2 mentoring groups for ongoing growth and accountability.

16-24 - Kimberly joins a gathering of CRM women from around the world for a time of growth. This is the 3rd conference for this pilot group for CRM called "Women of Influence." More about this program in the attachment below.

30/31 - Cameron and Tyler play their final games of the 2009 season in the Singapore American Football League.  Please pray for the Lord's encouragement as they go through withdrawals.

As always, we treasure news from you and the opportunity to be praying for things close to your heart. 

God is good, all the time, even in hard times...and life can be hard! 

We're blessed to know you and believe God is doing and will do wonderful things in and through you in the place he has you this season. 

Fondly,

Kimberly & Jim Creasman

(and the child of some friends!)

"And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is."

-Ephesians 3:18

What I'm Reading:

Jim - 1 & 2 Timothy, Managing Corporate Lifecycles, Ichak Adizes 

Kimberly - Job, COURAGE & CALLING, Gordon Smith

Charitable Giving thru CRM 

for the Creasmans' work in Singapore:

www.crmleaders.org

Donation questions (in USA) 1 (800) 777-6658

"Creasman-acct 5651"

CRM- 1240 N. Lakeview, Suite 120, Anaheim, CA 92807-1831

About the WOMEN OF INFLUENCE conferences Kimberly's attending in October:

A Pilot for CRM Women

In 2007 CRM launched a pilot program specifically designed to train women who serve in various positions of influence within CRM and the greater world of missions.   The primary purpose of the group is to provide a safe environment to explore the unique challenges for women in missions in the 21^st century and to equip them to become women of greater influence in the nations where they serve. 

Eighteen women representing varied ages, life stages, ministry experience, and gifting were selected to accurately reflect the diversity among women serving with CRM.  This group will joins six mentors and two leaders for three 3-day workshops focused on training, mentoring, and prayer.

Dr. Betsy Glannville, associate professor and dean at Fuller Theological Seminary, and Dr. Judy Lingenfelter, retired professor from Biola University, will provide the teaching.  These workshops, spanning over an 18-month period, will address such issues as:

• the call to be a woman of influence
• gender differences in leadership
• how leadership gifting in a woman affects a marriage
• the seasonal nature of ministry for women (i.e. motherhood season)
• challenges of women in leadership in cross-cultural settings.

The cost of the training and workshops is covered by a handful of donors who feel led to participate in this project.  Each participant, however, is asked to pay $750 into a travel pool to cover the flight costs for all the women.  Each workshop will cost CRM almost $28,000 for the training, lodging and transportation.  Over 75% of those costs are for the international flights for these 28 women.  The travel pool helps to offset those costs.

These missionary women are already living on donor support, and many cannot afford the cost of their participation.  Yet, their attendance would benefit untold women throughout the world, in repressive cultures as well as in the West. 

I am writing to ask that you prayerfully consider sponsoring this initiative through giving to your CRM missionary.  A donation of $750 will cover her participation for one retreat OR a donation of $2,250 will cover her for all three retreats. These are truly some of the most influential women in our organization.  Your time in prayer and your economic investment will provide her with needed support and training for her ministry.  Thank you for your consideration.

With gratitude for you,

Amy Galloway

Staff Development and Care Team

Church Resource Ministries

Thoughts on THE SHACK critcs....

I suppose PILGRIM'S PROGRESS got similar flurries of the writings of theologians debating the theological accuracy of that era's fiction -- which IN ITS DAY helped countless people understand the Christian journey of faith. I'm glad for the gatekeepers of God's truth who want to guard the Bride of Christ (aka HIS SHEEP) from heresy; but seriously, why can't we celebrate that a piece of fiction has and is drawing in those who may not have otherwise "got it" or have not known salvation through Jesus and the unwavering love of the Father for us? When's the last time this article's original author had the joy of praying with someone who wanted to follow Jesus? ... Just as I guessed. Too busy writing and harassing (I mean, Interviewing) those who may not have all their lights on the way we understand the lights should be, but want the world to stop walking in pitch blackness.

Cutest Dog Competition

Tyler's Back from Adventures in USA

Plane arrived on time, he said the 10 hour layover was killer, "DON'T EVER DO THAT TO ME AGAIN!" but he survived.
Cloistered in Beijing before the pizza hut opened he had nothing to do but crank out the AP history summer homework while the stomach growled.

We had a bit of show and tell on the new Nordtrom & Walmart wardrobe last night after yacking all the way home from the airport (anything more in that black bag for ME???)

He got a good solid nights' sleep even tho he said he got great sleep on both legs of his flight. Ah youth. It took me 3 weeks to get over jet lag from my plane delayed trip home from Egypt earlier this year (one of the reasons I was happy to stay put in Singapore for the summer).

He seems Brawnier, taller, bigger, hairier. more confident. Kinda like JACK the puppy. Tough nuggets both of them.

He was delighted to see Jack really be excited over him being back. Lots of hugging and wrestling. It really seemed like Jack remembered him and seemed SUPER happy that all 5 of us were all together again! The pack sitting on the bedroom floor looking at new gear and gizmos for football which starts next week.

This morning after he and i went downstairs to get coffee and a teh tarik (a spicy tea he likes) we decided to take Jack for a long walk along the channel so that I could hear more about his summer. JABBER JABBER!!!! Good thing 16 year olds don't ask, "So, how was the last 9 weeks for you?" I don't have anything as interesting to give an account of!

There were bb and nerf gun wars between brothers. and running chasing through this tiny house all morning. at one point i confiscated both cell phones until they did something productive before lunch. they both obviously are happy to see each other, talk about music. Give each other a bad time about body issues or hair or girls. RELIEF. a little teasing, but not meanness. Oh Lord, may they both continue to navigate the 4 year and extreme personality difference with the bridge of YOU, football and music and being family.

He's now off visiting friends and setting up his social life, cramming in a bit of last minute honors english reading before school starts on Tuesday.

How's the SUMMER been in your part of the world?

Thank you for your prayers and support for us as we serve Jesus and his growing, deepening church in Singapore.

Here's a photo update from the Creasmans. 

(if words are blue and underlined it means it's a link to a web page with more information):

June 8th: 16 year old Tyler is off to USA 

After a solo flight to Los Angeles, Tyler volunteered 4 weeks working with children at a YoungLife Family camp in the Rocky Mountains. He reports a whole lot of inspiration and growth. Now we hear he's getting spoiled by grandparents in Orange County, eating Krispy Kreme Donuts and In-and-Out Burgers, camping, shopping at Walmart, catching up with friends he made last year at Maranatha High School. We look forward to how the Lord will have matured him over this independent summer of service.

Meanwhile, the Creasman family life in Singapore has been training a new puppy JACK...and torturing Cameron with forced book reading, piano practice, extra chores, and a wonderful course called Brain Revolution with Focus on the Family. 

In June there was an inspiring one week conference in nearby Indonesia with other CRM Asia missionaries. 

Four CRM Singapore staff were the first international staff to attend a CRM Asia conference. We were thrilled to have them join the conference to get a bigger picture of CRM as an organization.

We're having loads of visitors fill up the space Tyler left until his return August 10th.

July 3:

Mark (left): A Christian theatre colleague here to interview in TCA College. This is where I've been teaching college theatre classes to those who want to use the arts in Christian ministry.

Dick (center): An actor friend is purchasing his first home & is the latest guest to take up residence until Tyler returns.

Karl & Rita (right): Our newly arrived CRM Interns from Kunming and their sweet little son.

July 16:

A CRM BBQ with staff and families, celebrating the growth of our Singapore team.

But for the next week, we're on "staycation" -- taking a break here in Singapore! Glad for the time to relax with Jim even if it's still in muggy weather we can turn on the airconditioning and relax with a good book or two. We'll ride out this crazy swine flu and be rejuvinated for when Tyler comes back from USA and we launch into a new school year for the boys.

Prayers in our personal life answered. Thank God with us for:

-Growing depth of friendship and spiritual nurture with peers. After all these years we have a growing circle of peer friendships. Thank you for praying.

-Settling in a new "home church" here in Singapore: Redemption Hill, a 7 month old church plant.

-Competent health care providers on various fronts of healing (we've seen a lot of doctors in 2009, but thankfully nothing life-threatening). We're still not 100%, but  healing is coming slow but steady.

-Tyler's experience in USA w/YoungLife camp and special time with family. Cameron's maturing while being "only child" in Singapore for the summer break.

-Focus on the Family offered us a generous subsidy toward the course Cameron is taking to make it affordable for us!

Please Pray with us for:

-Deepening love for and dependence on the LORD.

-Obedience to do daring things by faith, and staying the course in faithfulness. Whatever God wants.

-Where to best focus our time and energy in the coming year.

-Provision for those who are partners in our ministry financially. Continue to pray with us that God will provide for you, bless his followers and meet all of our needs. -We are confident that He is able, but we are all now more aware of our dependence on Him!

-Aug 13  Please pray for Jim as he leads the CRM Singapore Annual Meeting, casting vision for ministry development in the coming year.  He is praying for more staff and initiation of ministries into other Asian countries.

-Aug 17  Please pray for the boys as they start a new school year, Tyler in 11th and Cameron in 7th grade. This will be a challenging fall, juggling academics, playing football, and Cameron finishing up his developmental program with Focus on the Family.

Do let us know how we can be praying for you!

fondly!

K!Mberly 

for the Creasmans

(Love the World, Soul, Rock Bistro Bar: June 2nd, singing for an evangelistic concert hosted by Grace Assembly of God. They let me coach the 5 other singers in their introductions, and let me take the stage too! My first chance to perform in 2009)

Drama Ministry Update: Summer Emailed News

Life was going so fast this past few months, i never posted or sent news since last may! Here's the news as it was IN JULY...

Exploring Drama as Ministry Showcase/Workshop with local theatre & drama ministry leaders (8 different churches involved!).

On July 4th the team pulled off a second Exploring Drama as Ministry workshop. There was more hands on participation and loads of interest in us holding more workshops. Some of the churches have asked our trainers to come teach workshops in their churches. 

Following the workshop was a unique opportunity to help coach a 7 year old Christian accapella group "Agape lla" for their first major concert! It was a delight to come alongside them in a few rehearsals to cheer them into a higher level of public performance/showmanship. I felt God's pleasure as I helped them go from good to great!

Agapella had two blessed nights of proclaiming our good news through accapella music to sold out crowds in the theatre of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Following that, I had a unique opportunity to work with local secular musicians for a Singapore Heritage Board Concert. A friend needed some technical behind the scenes help for the concert at the last minute. Please pray that God would open doors for ministry to musicians through the connections made in this concert.

This Monday night my college level Theatre students took their final exam and read their final drafts of the scripts they've written (for use in a ministry context). Two of my students went on a mission trip to Philippines (w permission, a sweet thank you note is pasted below).

The next big drama event for Kimberly: Christians in Theatre Arts Exec Director comes from USA late August to teach, speak, meet & encourage believers in the arts community. Pray with me as I organize support for his class (right) and set up opportunities for him to bless and encourage Christians in the arts.

*On Jul 20, 2009, at 5:10 PM, student Rachel Eric wrote to me after their trip to the Philippines:

Dear Kimberly,


Ella and i are back from a most wonderful mission trip to the Philippines.
I believe Ella would have filled you'll in on the awesome things God amongst us.


God really used drama, songs, dance as a tool that crossed cultural or language barriers...to not only spread His message but bond the people and us together in a special way. And from day one we were awed that God was our divine director.
Cos no matter what mistakes we made - the entire thing ends on a perfect note, the people understood the message in a much deeper way than we expected and we had loads of fun!


The drama workshop we did was so simple but super fun. A leader in our host church told us that those who are interested in drama don't have a chance to really learn this stuff that we have learnt, cos many of them arnt from backgrounds too that enable them to go to college or special courses. But the people, mainly kids, youth and young adults who attended are so talented and have such a burning heart for God, they learnt so enthusiastically and quickly. We are so excited that groups from some churches including our host church are also going to use drama as a ministry in a greater way!


We came back home so blessed by the Filipinos. Cos though they're so super gifted in the arts, esp music, they have a spirit of humility. The very gifted people we had the privelege to be with never once displayed their talents but were always very communal  - using it to encourage everyone to come together at various spontaneous occasions to give their talents, their best to worship God. We're back wanting to cultivate this spirit in ourselves and the youth we're so blessed to work with in church.


We really want to thank you for your teaching and guidance in our lives, not just as artistes but as people who are passionate and available to God.  We would not have the knowledge, confidence, creativity, resources and everything else that enabled us to do what we did if not for you'll being our teacher and role-model!

We thank God for you'll so so so much!


God bless you and your family, work etc richly!


With much love,
rach
on behalf of Ella too
:)

Hey Kimberly!


Of course...you can share it with anyone and everyone...no need our permission!


Thank you so much for your kind words and encouragement! Feel so blessed and excited to 'go for it' even more cos God is so awesome! :)
But it really is no small part you empower us! Ella, Bee, Khimmy and I always get so so excited about all that you teach us and show us is possible to do!!!


Oh yes, forgot to say too that one of the mimes that we did there was The Box, which Dorithy did for her final performance in Performing Arts class! The videos on YouTube are so helpful and Dorithy was so kind and supportive providing us the script to do so too! :)


Thank you so much again, and God bless you and your family so richly!


lotsa love and hugs out,

rach :)

Admirable Qualities

On Jim's birthday in April I wrote a list of the things I appreciate about him...and just realized I never gave it to him!

So, for Jim and anyone else who happens along here are some of the amazing qualities of my dear husband of 24 years:

full of integrity
intelligent
gentle
generous
huge capacity in multiple arenas
counselor and coach
loyal
confident
Christlike
stable
centered
full of faith and trust in God rather than in himself
patient
encouraging
easy to love
caring
sweet
fun loving
balanced
disciplined
hardworking
gracious
logical

and that's just the short list.

Happy 52 1/4 bday Jim.

Firstborn: Featured on Clicknetwork.tv

What can I say, this kid has learned a little about "blooming where planted." Happy about that. Happy that he took up this offer to be interviewed and is owning his unique background.

"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life."
Proverbs 13:12

Exploring Drama as Ministry in MAY 2009: emailed news

Big Day last Saturday for Kimberly: 

and the 19 others who joined me in this adventure.

Exploring Drama as Ministry

A great joy for me to teach, and watch my friends up teaching/performing too (people from 8 different churches involved!)

Two weeks ago only 3 had registered.

Didn't know how many would show up at the door, but the number of notebooks I ordered on Thursday was exactly the right number: 85.

(Sometimes we hear from the Lord, and he guides us in small details.)

One big recession proof takeaway for the participants: it doesn't take money to do drama! This 4 hour workshop/showcase had virtually zero budget turned out to be a priceless experience. The whole thing was completely networking/grassroots comraderie! Plan to offer it again in the summer.

Prayers in our personal life answered: 

-Growing depth of friendship and spiritual nurture with peers.

-Competent health care providers on the various fronts of healing.

-Confident decisions made for summer and school: Tyler will not change schools next year and will spend the summer with grandparents in Orange County, and work June 18-July 18 in a YoungLife Camp, Trail West, in Colorado's Rocky Mountains.

Prayer for May:

Provision for those who are partners in our ministry financially. Continue to pray with us that God will provide for you, bless his followers and meet all of our needs. We are confident that He is able, but we are all now more aware of our dependence on Him!

Planning next steps. 

In mentoring, leaders' networks, leading CRM Singapore staff and initiatives, leadership and mentoring with artists. 

Jim has a big day May 14th, launching new mentoring networks in English AND Mandarin.  

His New Staff Orientation April 7-9 and Mentoring Seminar April 23 were great successes!

 Tonight Kimberly starts teaching another Theatre in Ministry Class in a Christian College 

(exposing students to the "behind the scenes" aspects of theatre), and wraps up the school year w/drama club performance at International Community School. 

Deciding where to go with this drama momentum and coaching singers for an outreach concert June 2nd. Whee!

Also:

Praying for Cameron's maturity in studies & basketball. Still working at discipline needed to succeed in middle school.

Health problems continue for Kimberly. The last few weeks it's been a root canal gone bad. 

Feel lifted and protected in spite of pain and infection in jaw. 

(Found that one's prayer life improves when you're up in the middle of the night looking at friends' facebook status' and praying for them as a diversion from pain!)

DRAMA WORKSHOP: Tyler helped out today! good kid.

Tyler recently read and enjoyed: BE INTOLERANT (BECAUSE SOME THINGS ARE JUST STUPID), by Ryan Dobson.

Cameron's on his first run thru Narnia books (thank God he's finally started to enjoy reading!)

Kimberly's Bible study meditates on the Gospel of John and they've all begun reading the Seasoned Sister's book Fantastic After 40!

Jim's enjoyed Spirituality & Leadership, Alan E. Nelson

Special note for RHCC Missions Commission:

2 of your missionary kids Cameron Creasman (#24) and Gibby Pena (#23) are playing on the same basketball team! 

short video from first game last week. Short season!

www.worldcreasmans.com   family news/updates

http://spicetolife.blogspot.com theatre as ministry   

Pluralism? Tolerance?

This month Singapore society's strong polarized views over homosexuality has blown up in the local media over the leadership in a woman's group called AWARE. The arts community has been vocally in the middle of the fray. It's been ugly.

It appears to be a watershed event where under the rhetoric of "inclusiveness" and "pluralism" flames of intolerance have been fanned toward Christians/Christianity or any whose convictions are for the equal right to speak of or uphold traditional moral values in the civic arena.

Jesus is still the Son of God and Saviour. The Holy Spirit brings conviction and some choose to turn & follow. The Father "is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance." I read John chapter 1 again and am strengthened with an eternal view. However,

Please pray I will have wisdom to be an agent of peace and truth with grace and character.