“Like much of the world), my wife and I watched as China threw a party to beat all parties at the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. I was amazed by all the wizardry, costumes, people hanging on wires, and the works. And how ’bout that refrigerator box routine? You know… the “movable type blocks” scene which everybody just assumed those 897 boxes were run by hydraulics, forming shapes of the wind, Chinese characters, ‘waves’, and “Harmony.” How’d they do it? Well the explanation I heard was 8 hours a day, solid, for 4 months. No wonder they had teamwork! What this illustrates *big-time* is that for a team of 897 to really pull off a large-scale success like this, he has to recognize he’s part of the body. Likewise, we’ll function best in the body of Christ if and when we see ourselves in perspective of the larger body. Ephesians 4. Romans 12. I Corinthians 12. Your role in helping bring about new church planting movements around the world is an important one! Your favorite Team Expansion missionary couldn’t function without your help. Ultimately, none of us can. Thank you for your support… and thanks for your prayers!”
Doug Lucas, President, Team Expansion
) I enjoyed hearing Elizabeth Swan passionately give a ‘call to arms’ near the end of the movie, asking her colleagues to “Hoist the colours!” In her case, it was the “skull & crossbones” flag. As I was stirred by her emotional call, I reflected on how much greater is our own call… to spread the word worldwide about a humble man who contained the Words and the Spirit of God in his fleshly body, … a man who turned redeemer and hero, … a man who was so much more, in fact, than a man. No *wonder* we travel to the four winds of the earth! No *wonder* we risk life and limb. And to you, who make possible this work, we say, thank you for providing the wind for our sails! May God bless you as we hoist the colours of our savior… the red of his shed blood and the white of his saving grace. God bless your new year!!!
