the eve of my first day at the school

what up everybody!!!  i know that me updating this has been few and far between.  i'm sorry.  i do have some good news.  i will be going to the high school for the first time tomorrow.  i will be there from 10am-3pm...meeting people and just hanging.  this high school is called olney high school.  i'm really looking forward to it.  some fun facts about the school...53% african american...37% latino...7%asian...3% other...the school is actually split in 2 halves each with its own administration.  pretty cool...another fun fact...in philly schools...police aren't allow to carry guns with the exception of olney...they have their own swat team station there.  thats exciting...not really...kinda crazy.  i was actually visiting a church in that area on thursday and i noticed this helicopter hovering low to the ground...about 25ft up...just almost sitting there...then i see these dudes with their legs dangling from the chopper and then the swat team jumps out...that was a first for me.  pretty exciting stuff there, lol.

God has been showing us alot of favor.  i meet with the faith based people in the school district and they are offering us some huge opportunities in the schools...with some office space...a place to have club...mac computer labs...and kitchen in which meals are provided.  isn't God amazing.  we were going to that meeting hoping just meet some principals and instead...God took it to the next level.

please continue to pray for me in these areas:

1. continued to be able to meet the men and women of peace in the city.

2. a meeting place to start training volunteers soon...i want to be excellent in this.

3. safety

4. kids will respond to the truth...that God will call them.

5. we need more finances for next year...to grow...

6. that missions in the city will done out of worship instead of worshiping missions

i've been meditating on gen. 22 this past week.  its amazing abraham's faith...this is the passage where he is told to sacrifice his son isaac...this was the first time...i noticed this...in verse 5..."he said to his servants, "stay here with the donkey while i and the boy go over there.  we will worship and then WE will come back to you."  its amazing...how abraham knew...God has told me to sacrifice my son yet at the same time God has made a promise to me about my son...so somehow, some way...God is going to provide a way for isaac to live even if i have to kill him.  he trusted the character of God....even faced with something that he didn't understand...and seemed to go against the promise...i pray that we all will trust the character of God.  you know.

alright, grace and peace.

mike