Looking back on the year 2010

I was thinking today about this past year. I am in awe of how much the Lord has shown me and done in my life. There is nothing greater in my heart, than to serve the Lord in whatever I do for all my days! Being at DCPI full time has helped me to serve Him and others with my whole heart. I know that the Lord is using me here to change lives for eternity, and I have the privilege to witness and share with others, all that He is doing around the world!!! I look back to September and I remember how hard it was to step out in faith and quit my job. I am so glad I did! I was not sure how I was going to make it by financially, but each month the Lord continued to amaze me by His great provision. He is so wonderful! I learned a lot about discipline this past year, and how to stick to making good and healthy choices for my life. I learned to look at Christ and not circumstances. Christ never fails, even if circumstances are not ideal. I think about how the Lord challenged me to give more when I had less than before. What a faith builder that was for me! Every time I gave as He called me too, I saw him provide in a way that I couldn’t see unless I stepped out in obedience.
As I was pondering the New Year, I realized that I want to continue to do more to put my faith in Christ and not in this world…. that is fading away. I realized in a greater way this past year that His love is really deeper than any ocean; it’s higher than any mountain, and reaches across to Heaven. There really is no limit to His love and He continues to knock my understanding of Him off the shelf. How great is our God! His mercy endures forever! I am looking forward to a new year walking with my Lord! I am in great anticipation of all that He has! I am surrounded be great people who love God and put Him first, for that I am so thankful! What an amazing year it has been! I will always remember it! I am so blessed and I don’t deserve any of it, all I know is that His grace is sufficient for me and He loves to give good gifts to his children and those who walk in His ways! My life is a testimony of that, and all the praise goes to God!

Lord thank you for being with me through it all, for holding my hand when I was afraid, for pushing me when I wanted to stand still, for convicting me when I was in the wrong, for loving me when I was hurting, for speaking when I was confused, and for never leaving me though I am prone to wander! You are the mighty one! The great “I am”! All your ways are right and you are High and exalted! I love you because you first loved me!

Surrendering All this Christmas

Today I was reading a devotion about surrendering, and what it meant for Mary to surrender to God's assignment for her life. She was going to be the mother of Jesus, and have to face the shame of a premarital pregnancy to a people that would not understand that the one she carried was of a virgin birth conceived by God. Her response was found in Luke 1:38.... "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." What a beautiful response! To say Lord i am your servant, let you will be done according to your word!

I was in a deep conversation the other day with a friend and discovered that the idea of "surrender" does not make sense to some. We talked about how, each person on our own apart from God is selfish. I shared that it takes surrendering yourself to follow God. Once you truly give your heart to God, you can't help but to change your life as you learn more. God's love and grace compels us to change and become more like Him. All of us who call ourselves Christians have to learn to deny ourselves and surrender each day. It is not like once i surrender to Jesus that i am finished, but the Lord continues to teach us how to trust him.

I find that when i am vulnerable, i must not give in to fear, but look to Jesus as the author and perfecter of my faith. He has a perfect love for me, which casts out all fear! He is the source and His Spirit living in me teaches me to lay down my life daily, and see His plans go before me. This Christmas may we all look to Mary's example and surrender our will, to be in His perfect and pleasing will!

Missionary December Update "Rescued from Death"

My Brothers Car Crash!!!

Seasons Greetings friends & Family,
The Lord is at work in mighty ways! I was inspired by my weekly bible study in a time of sharing with the ladies to put together a bunch of verses, after we talked about living in the light and not in darkness. It challenged my heart to know that so many people choose to live in darkness. It reminded me that I too was once in darkness and that God reached down into my pit and rescued me. The Holy Spirit led me that next week to find truths about how he rescues us from the deep pits and puts us in the light through His deep love. The Lord reminded me that no pit is to deep because His love is even deeper for us. No darkness is to dark, because the light penetrates the dark. All it takes is a surrendered heart to Jesus! Being willing to grab out for His hand! It was after gathering those verses, that my week revealed these truths in God in amazing ways.

This past week on Thursday, the Lord called one of the girl’s mothers (in that same group) home to be with Him. Debbie fought cancer for five years and now she is free from all suffering and pain. Her life is a testimony to Jesus! She walked in His light here on earth and now she is walking with Him in eternity.

That same day, I got a call from my mother and she told me that my little brother was rescued from a car crash! He feel down a ravine and got stopped on a tree branch. Without that tree branch, he would have fell another 100 ft or so! My mom said that her and my aunt shared how it made them thankful to God that they have all their children still alive and well. The Lord rescued my brother from death!

In addition to all of this, on Saturday, I went to see my older brother in jail and he told me his cell mate committed suicide. He woke up in the morning and his cell mate was dead on Thursday morning. That was also the day of his Birthday so his spirits were really low. My brother mentioned that, an email I sent to him really encouraged him in a great time of need. He said he felt like there was great spiritual darkness, and that it wants to take his life too. I was able to speak truth’s from the word to him because the Lord prepared me in advance!

I am overwhelmed at how amazing the Lord is to have prepared me for understanding His truths in a deeper way through my bible study and one conversation, before all these things happened. He also helped me remember this season that the Lord sent Jesus to rescue us from darkness and death. In John 1:9 it is explained of Jesus' coming to be, “The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.” My prayer this Holiday season is that you live as children of the light, because that is what we are if we have confessed with our mouths and believed in our hearts that Jesus is Lord!
I am so thankful for your partnership in the gospel and that we will one day walk with Debbie and our Lord Jesus together, as we have received forgiveness of sin and freedom from death! Merry Christmas!

A Time for Thanksgiving!

My Niece Summer!

At the radio station in Colombia!

Master Trainer Ramon and I at DCPI training in April!

Hiking in Julian on New Years day!

“Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.”
~Hebrews 12:28-29~

Greetings Friends and Family,
I am so excited to be writing this up-date! It is going to be a little different than past updates. I wanted to take the time to recognize all that the Lord has done in my life this past year! In the year 2010 He has given me much to be thankful for! I remember starting this year out on the 1st of January, with a beautiful hike in Julian, thinking to myself how great God was to let me start the year in his vast creation with great friends from church.


Then in April, I was able to attend DCPI training and become a certified trainer. During the week of the 12-16th, we started our training in prayer and worship each morning and jumped into the word. It was beautiful to be in fellowship with other believers who had a heart to learn how to make a difference in people’s lives through church planting! One of the Biblical Principles that challenged me was the “Holy Spirit Principle”, which states “The Holy Spirit guides and empowers church planting movements”. We read in the book of Acts chapters 1-2, where the Holy Spirit fell on the church and how it multiplied.

Then in July, I was blessed to go on a trip to Colombia for 10 days to evangelize to 60,000 students in Barranquilla. It was a humbling moment in my journey with Christ. I had the opportunity to share on the radio about what we did there! I was thankful to witness the power of the Holy Spirit in my life and others in a deep way. I was taken with just how deep the Love of Christ for me and this world is. Thank you Jesus for your great love, it just keeps getting deeper and deeper. Your love is in-comprehensible!

After my trip to Colombia, I was thankful to bring my three year old niece up North to visit my family in Chico. It was a nice 9 hour drive there and back. We had a great time for the two weeks I spent with my family. It was a great time of relaxing at the river and creek, playing cards, and enjoying company! Then at the end of October I was thankful to put in my 30 day notice at SeaSpine to step out in faith full time at DCPI. I was grateful with how many people at SeaSpine mentioned that they were going to miss my presence at the office, and how I was used to impact their faith. When I was just 8 days from my last day on the 22nd of September, the Lord also rescued me and a co-worker from death. We got hit by another driver, and my car was totaled, but we came out of it alive! Praise the Lord for all he is doing!

I am so thankful for all of you! My prayer is that you have a blessed thanksgiving as you remember all that our Lord has done for you personally. He is just so great! I am filled with joy that we share in the gospel, and in this journey together to change lives for eternity! May you feel His deep love for you this Thanksgiving!
With the deep love of Christ,
Shauna Salerno

The God of second chances!

Last night i went to a new church and the pastor talked about how Peter had denied Christ three times, and how God reinstated Peter three times and said further "Go feed my sheep" in Matthew chapter 26. The pastor asked if any of us had ever failed God. I know i have failed him in my life. Then he went on further to say that the Lord's message to us is that He knows our heart, and further that He tells us to go and get back to work for Him (To go take care of His sheep).

In the past when i have failed God, i remember thinking that i was of no use to Him anymore. This is a lie of the enemy! The Lord can use anyone who is willing and understands that we are strong and clean by Him alone. The Lord does not call us to live in our shame. I for one will not live with regrets, i know that the Lord deserves all the Gory, and i must live the best i can today without letting the past trip me up. Thanks be to God that He does not define us by our faults. He gives us a clean slate to move forward and does not want us staying in the past. He who is without sin, became sin for us (2 Corinthians 5:21), so that we could stand before our father in heaven! He knows us completely, and wants us to remain close to Him, filled with the Spirit!

Dear Lord, help us to look to you as our only hope. You alone can save us and the world from sin. We have all fallen short of your glory, we are all in need of your forgiveness. Thanks for forgiving us, when we have denied you in our past. Thank you for saying to us further, "to get back to work and feed your sheep". It is a blessing that you use us Father though we are unworthy. I am humbled by your mercy and grace. You gave up your life, so that i could have freedom from sin. I love you Jesus, I Love you Jesus, You know all things Father and you know I love you! Thank you for your truth! Most of all Holy Father, thank you for loving me unto death, so that i could understand what love really is! Amen!

Shauna Salerno: "Give and it shall be given unto you!"

Shauna Salerno: "Give and it shall be given unto you!": "This week i have been thinking a lot about what it means to give. When i give my heart to God, i have to 'let go' of the walls i try to put ..."

"Give and it shall be given unto you!"

This week i have been thinking a lot about what it means to give. When i give my heart to God, i have to "let go" of the walls i try to put up, and vulnerably trust in the fullness of His love, to satisfy me completely. When i give God my time, i have to "let go" of my schedule and clear the craziness to really hear from Him. When I give God my thoughts, I have to "let go" of my thinking, and trust that His ways are higher than mine. When giving God my money and resourses, i have to "let go" of my security, and trust that He will provide. Everything I have was given to me by Him, and therefore He doesn't need anything that i could give Him, and yet we are called to give still! So, i have learned that the act of giving, is not to please God or anyone else, it is simply to teach us to let go.

This week God was challenging me to give my money and resources in need, to deny my schedule and give my time to His work, and to give my heart to Him and others more vulnerably. As i "let go" i realize that what i am really doing is grabbing Hold of something greater. His arm is strong and He will not let me fall as i "let go" of this world and hold on to His Kingdom. I want to be about my Father's business, i want to "let go", so that i can take hold, of all that God has stored up for His children.

Lord, help us to act now, help us to give more to you and your Kingdom! Help us to give until it hurts, help us to give until we are only dependent on you! Don't let us live comfortably while others are in real need. Help us to make a stand with how we give of ourselves to others and you. We live for you in this life and in the next. All we have been given is all your doing, and we want to be obedient to let go and give more for your purposes! We thank you for your abundant provision and mercy on us!
Amen!

DCPI in Haiti!

Transition time has come!

This week is my last week at SeaSpine. I will be stepping out in faith and starting full time at Dynamic Church Planting International (DCPI) as of October 1st. When i think about timing, I cant help but grin because God has a way with time. He knows the plans He has for us...isn't that the truth! Though i am a little nervous, there is no doubt in my mind that God is on the throne and in control.

Last week while at SeaSpine, i got hit by another driver while on my lunch break on Wednesday. Timing definitely played a factor in this accident. It is crazy to think what could have happened if the other car would not have hit the back passenger wheel head on. I had a passenger in my car, and she or i could have been hurt worse or even have died. My car was totaled, but we are alive! Praise the Lord! God was in control of this situation and i know He is sovereign.

The other awesome thing, is that every Wednesday's we have a prayer lunch with about 7-9 other co-workers, so we had just left from a time of sharing and prayer. While we were there sharing that day i had mentioned i was feeling really sensitive, and i didn't know if it was just me "being a girl", but a lot of things were impacting my mood easily that day. As i was sharing, it was as if all the sudden, it occurred to me why i was feeling super sensitive. I was feeling that way because, i knew that my transition was coming soon, and i just was wondering if i had left an impact in others lives for Christ there. Just the thought that i had grown to love so many of my co-workers, and that i may not see them again, i was saddened. Many of those listening encouraged me that it was His timing for me to leave, and i had planted seeds that would continue to grow. Right after that conversation, was when we drove back to our office and got into the car wreck! Talk about timing!

In all this, the amazing thing is how God is using all of this for His perfect will. I do not know all the things that He is doing, but i know He is at work in mighty ways. I am hopeful and expectant to see what this next chapter holds and i look forward to sharing more stories as He moves!

Colombia Mission Adventures

I and the other 160+ Americans who served with Missions Without Boarders(MWOB) gathered together in Barranquilla Colombia under a large outdoors hut, to look back on our week of ministry and pray for one another. It was Sunday, July 25th. As we started one of the leaders from a church in New York shared from her heart.

She opened to 2 Corinthians 5:11-21. the verse that she emphasized was verse 20 "We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal though us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God." She explained that we are His ambassadors and He wants to make His appeal through us! What an honor to be used in mighty ways by our Lord and Savior. She went on to say that we need to push forward with this in mind and remember to tell ourselves, "No Compromises, No excuses, and No Regrets." These words really challenged me after seeing the Lord stretch me to reconcile others to him all week in Colombia.

As we continued the meeting and broke up in small groups to pray for one another, it started pouring down rain. I remember feeling the Holy Spirit move so strongly in that outside hut area as we lifted up our praises and prayers to Him. It was beautiful to hear the rain pour down. At one moment, I was in prayer with my group and i looked around the covered area at the other groups in prayer. All around me I heard some speaking in tongues, some receiving the power of the Holy Spirit, some praying and crying out for healing, and i thought in my heart, this is what the body of Christ should be like everyday. Shortly after that thought, a loud crash thundered through the whole area. It was so loud, i felt it shake my whole body! Everyone stopped for a moment to stand in awe, i knew it was the power of the Holy Spirit in our midst. It is even hard to type this in words, because words can not come close to explaining that glorious moment. As we finished praying after about two hours, the rain started to ease up, and as i walked away from the covering it was back to complete sunshine. I felt like i was walking away from a dream, except i knew it was real!

I will never forget my trip. It has helped me grow tremendously, and thousands were reconciled to God and received Him for the first time. Thank you for all your prayers and support and for reading this. May you be encouraged and empowered to be His ambassador! There is no greater adventure than serving and trusting Him!

Mission Trip to Colombia 2010!

May Day! Summer's coming fast!

Blessings to you my friends and family! I cannot believe how fast the month of April flew by! It was an incredible month for me! I had the privilege to get certified as a church planter trainer during the first week of April. It was such a blessing to learn the 12 biblical principles of church planting empowered for the mission that I have been called too.
I am also looking forward to spending 10 days in Barranquilla, Columbia in July. I will be traveling with another missionary on my team at DCPI headquarters, Chris Centeio and his wife Colleen. We will be teaming up with one of our master trainers, Buddy walker ,who serves for an organization called Missions Without Boarders (MWOB), and coming alongside him to look at the future involvement of DCPI trainings and short term missions around the world. I look forward to see what the Lord will do on this trip and all the lives that will be changed for Christ and His Glory.
Another special moment for me this past month was having my whole immediate family together for the first time in three years. All three siblings, myself, and my parents got to spend a weekend together here in san Diego. It was great sharing memories with all of us together again. Praise God for reunions!
I am also pleased and encouraged to have seen my dear sister in Christ, Krissi Womble head off to India for two years at the end of last month for Missionary work. As I was celebrating with her, I was encouraged in my own process of missionary support raising. I celebrated because the Lord called her and paved the way in His time. I know I am also waiting and trusting in Him who is more than able!

Prayer and support Needs

• Pray for my family to surrender every part of their life to Jesus Christ.
• Pray for the Holy Spirit to prepare me for Columbia and all the details leading up to the trip and for divine appointments to be used by Him there.
• Continue to pray for the Lord to open the doors for new supporters to join my team, and His Holy spirit to work in hearts to respond to His call.
• That I will resist temptation and practice obedience in my daily life as I grow and learn to serve and trust the Lord with all my heart.
• Pray specifically for nine new supporters to join my team at 50.00 a month.

The world is shaking! April's update.

Dear Friends and Family,
Sunday, I was at the park with my some of my family and a few friends. It was a great day spending time with those I love watching the excitement of the children searching for eggs and hitting the piñata. I am writing you in a spirit of love, not fear! As most of you know, yesterday on Easter the earth shook below us. While the earth shook, for a split second, I thought about how it could be devastating.

I thought about how fragile life really is and how we are all just like a vapor passing in this life, here today and gone tomorrow. I often forget how I am hopelessly out of control of what happens on this earth, but I am thankful that Jesus has saved me, and I am certain that He holds my destiny in His hands. I know I will be with Him! I was thinking about the fact that most of us can say that same thing confidently. For those of us who have encountered the Lord and accepted His great Mercy, we know we will also be with Him for eternity. My heart was also saddened, because I know that there are still many who have no church to hear about Jesus or to grow in the knowledge of His word. I felt the urgency inside me rise up to the surface again of the importance of what the Lord has called me to be a part of at DCPI. What a blessing that I have been called to train leaders to plant churches so that many will hear and receive the great Mercy of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ!

I am also encouraged and would like to share, this past month I learned that some of the churches planted by leaders trained at DCPI are the very site where people are going for relief in Haiti after that earthquake. It was noted by Buddy Walker, one of our master trainers, that large organizations often cause rioting, and churches like those planted through DCPI are perfect for distributing food, water, and aid. Like me, you may have been thinking that you want your life to count for Christ. I know that I want to live all my days for Him and His Kingdom. My position at DCPI is waiting for me to come on full time. There is a lot of work to be done! I was also just blessed to be told that I will be going to Columbia in July from the 17-26, so please keep me and DCPI in your prayers as we prepare for that trip this summer. I am still in the beginning stages of being a missionary and need your help!!! I am in need of 17 people to give $25.00 a month to build a good foundation of beginning supporters. If the Lord moves in your heart would you prayerfully consider what your part may be in helping me to expand His kingdom for eternity? The world is in need of Christ our one true Savior! I pray that the Lord may encourage you and bless you as you find this email. Thank you for taking the time to read and pray for our nation as the world is going through birth pains.

With great love in Him,
Shauna Salerno

"Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains." Mark 13:8

Global Vision Leaders Summit Day#5

Today was the last day of the Summit and we started our morning with worship. It was a blessing to hear my brothers and sisters singing praises together to our amazing Lord! Then we trained on how to communicate our church planting movement, recruit, train, and mentor leaders, and organize a church planting movement. This was very helpful information for us to be able to further the vision at DCPI.

The day ended and it was biter sweet because i have made such great friends and i would have to say goodbye for now. This past week has been influential and motivating to me personally. I can see the urgency to train leaders to plant churches so that more will be saved in Christ Jesus. I know that God has called me to go out into His harvest field and i am honored to be apart of this movement that is changing lives for eternity. I will be sharing a few more pictures in the days ahead! My heart longs to see more people saved for Christ and more followers passionate about this movement that God is leading that will change the world! May you be filled with the fullness of Christ and the richness of His love that will never fail!

"And I am with you always to the very end of the age" Jesus Christ

Global Vision Leaders Summit Day#4

Emanuel and Kamau (Africa), Odulele (London), Scott Last (DCPI Pastor)

Hendrik (Australia), Jay (India), and John (Australia)

Hendrik and I

Ramon, Alex, David, and Carlos (Latin American Team)

Reilly (North America), Me, Yousef (Egypt)

"Wow!" that is a word that is universal to all languages.... and it is a great word choice to describe all that took place today at the Global Vision Leaders Summit! Once again we started our day in the word with a devotional from pastor Michael Knight. His message was given from the book of Philippians chapter two where Paul is speaking to the church in Philippi to imitate the humility that Christ showed. He spoke with so much conviction and passion to challenge us to pour ourselves out for those we lead. Then he asked us to think about what we are saying when we declare that we want to be like Jesus. Pastor Michael said that to Imitate Christ is, "gaining power by restraining oneself for the benefit of others." I was challenged in my own heart when he asked us all, "how low will you go for the people you are over?" This devotion was powerful and moving and i was blessed to be in the room listening!

Later on in the afternoon, I got the privilege to hear what God has been doing in the different world zones of leaders present. It was amazing to hear how lives have been changed and how many leaders have been trained and how many churches had been planted in 2009. The Lord is doing great things! It was also exciting to hear what we are projecting for 2010 and all that God will do! After each leader shared about what the Lord did in 2009 and their plans for 2010, everyone gathered around and prayed for that region and leader. I was humbled and blessed that God has led me to take part in this mission, and have the opportunity to be on a team of such devoted and humble leaders who love serving Christ and others! I have a few pictures below! I pray that you are blessed by what you read and see today and in the days to come!

Impacting the World through Christ with DCPI!

Global Vision Leaders Summit Day#3

Today our morning devotion was led by Pastor David. He shared out of the book of Mark chapter 4 verses 35-41 where Jesus calms the storm for His disciples. David shared about why we God allows us to go through the storms in life. One reason is so we have an opportunity to go to Him and another reason is so we can see his mighty power displayed in the midst of a storm. During the devotion one thing that challenged me was when David said that we are told to ask the Lord for blessings as read in Matt chapter 7:7 where is says, "Ask and it will be given to you." He challenged us to think of how God has blessings waiting for us already and all we have to do is ask and believe!

Leaders from different world regions shared about the blessing it has been to have trainings held in their regions and the impact it has had on nationals who desire to spread the gospel into all nations. Then we talked about Master trainers and Certified trainers who have been trained and what direction we need to take in 2010 when training new leaders. It is exciting to brainstorm through all that the Lord will do in these next years.

We also got some time to break up into regions and discuss where the Lord might be leading us all for 2010 and where potentially we might hold new training sessions in this year to come. It is great setting a vision together to see the Lord utilize the body of Christ for his glory and full impact.

I look forward to tomorrow where leaders will be sharing about how lives have been changed through all that the Lord has been doing in the world through Dynamic Church Planting International. I cant wait to share it with you also! May you all ask and receive the Lord's blessings that He longs to pour out on those who believe! Amen!

Global Vision Leaders Summit Day#2

Today we started our morning out with great worship and a devotion from Bishop Emanuel that challenged me in my faith immensely. He shared out of the book of Mark in chapter eleven where Jesus cursed the fig tree. Emanuel challenged us from the word to recognize that the very moment Jesus spoke the words from His mouth to curse the fig tree, that it had already been accomplished. He challenged us to have faith, that when we speak through the Spirit, to believe that it has already been completed. Emanuel also said that Jesus has given us what we need to bear fruit at any moment no matter what the circumstances are that surround us. This devotion was very powerful because I knew as he was speaking that the Spirit was speaking to me to believe that i will be fully supported and that i will accomplish the Lord's purpose for His mission to reach the world and spread the gospel.

The day continued with more training and meetings to see how each region can work to accomplish the God given goals that DCPI has set of leaders trained and churches planted. As we brainstormed it was exciting to hear what the Lord can do this year and how we have the gift to share in it together. As i spend more time with leaders i am touched and encouraged to be working with a team that truly loves the Lord and devotes their lives to His plan and purpose. It has been so special to get to spend quality time building relationships with them.

Yesterday when we gave introductions most of the leaders introduced themselves and their spouse and children, so naturally when it was my turn i said, "Hi my name is Shauna and I am single and available." It was really funny and the leaders got a good chuckle out of it. After introductions i was told by a few leaders that my husband was to be found in their country. It even makes me laugh as i write this! So i thought it would fade into the background by the second day...but sure enough today more leaders came and said that they are praying for my husband and to visit their countries to find him. One leader from Venezuela even asked me about what i want in a man. Lol! I have never had so many people genuinely on a mission to hook me up!

I will be posting pictures soon and keep watching for the next update!

My prayers and love go out to you all, may you be touched and encouraged by all that the Lord is doing :)

Global Vision Leaders Summit Day #1

Today I woke up bright and early to meet at New Song Church for the first day of the Global Vision Leaders Summit. I was filled with excitement and expectation to meet leaders from all around the world who share the vision to train leaders to plant dynamic churches worldwide to save souls for Christ! It was great seeing familiar faces of leaders i got to meet last year and acquainting myself with new leaders.

I was deeply encouraged by the passion and zeal of leaders from other countries around the world who have a burden in their hearts to preach the gospel and see the Lord's work accomplished. One leader from Egypt talked and prayed with me. It was so incredible to see his passion to plant churches and see lives changed for Christ throughout the 23 Arabic speaking countries in his region. It was humbling for me to think of how he risks his life to share in some of the most dangerous places, one example was Iraq.

We spent the day training on Biblical Principles of Church Planting Movements. To name a few that we studied they are, having a kingdom mindset, courage, Holy Spirit guiding, Word of God, and reproduction of quality leaders. I was blessed as different leaders shared from their hearts about each principle. After hearing these principles we were asked to review "what do you need to BE more?"

I am so thankful as i write these words because i have great favor to be in the center of God's will for my life. I look forward to sharing more of what God is doing in the days ahead. My prayer is that more people will catch the Lord's vision of a million churches planted worldwide to save souls as they enter into a relationship with Jesus Christ!

Matt 28:19-20 "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything i have commanded you, and surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Global Vision Banquet and Leaders Summit!

During the next week we are getting plans ready for our upcoming Banquet on Friday and then the following week we are having our annual Global Vision Leaders Summit. I am looking forward to meeting all of our national leaders and spending the week hearing all the God is doing in nations around the world through DCPI and plans for the next year! I am also currently looking into places where we will be planning a research trip for 2010. Please be keeping me and DCPI in your prayers and be watching for upcoming pictures and updates. It's going to be exciting this month :)