Learning a ton in SOME

It's incredible how fast time flies when you are busy. Well, it has been an incredible last-month I guess.

So, some stuff that has happened lately:


We held a basketball tournament for a neighborhood that has a lot of crime, and in serious need of change. The tournament went pretty well, and other than having to step in between a few people who were ready to fight, overall it had a positive effect and was able to bring part of the community there together.

Evangelizing is still a weekly thing (we go at least once). That has been tough but good lately. I was able to have a good conversation with a Muslim from Africa. I was even able to take a few people out who had never been before and show them how evangelism can look, as well as impart some of the knowledge I have learned from my own experiences downtown.

This brings me to something a little deeper. Going downtown and going amongst colleges and other places and applying what I've learned is completely necessary. To learn all that I am and be so fed and not go out, try to make a difference among the people who desperately need to have the gospel restored to what it is would be a crime against them and against God. God has begun to speak to me about carrying this back to Texas in some form while I go to University. I would love to do that.

The main obstacle in this is that most of the things I have learned here I haven't spent enough time coherently forming how to communicate it. I learn something (either in class or from God or others), check to see if it lines up with scripture and examine if it is true, and if it is, begin to apply it to my life as best as I can. For those of you praying back at home, I believe that this is something that God earnestly desires me to grasp while here. So, something those of you praying at home could pray for is that I am able to
1)Fully get everything about the restoration of the gospel that God has for me here& 2)That I am able to coherently form what I am learning into a solid communicable form so as to share this truth with others.

I have been reading a lot lately, all books I enjoy greatly such as Letters from a Skeptic, and Repenting of Religion (based off of some of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's writings), but one in particular I am loving is a fictional book called The Shack. I am about half way through and it has been presenting a view of God that is totally new at different points and is totally biblical. I love it so far and have found it hard to put down, and I highly recommend it to those who would like to get a fresh view of God.

In other news, I did celebrate my birthday this month (May 3). I am another year older. The last year has been good. It certainly had it's ups and downs, but has flown by ridiculously fast. I love where God has been taking me, and where He is spurring me towards.


Here is a picture of the leadership team for Boston during one of our planning meetings for outreach. We are in charge of everything, from transportation, budget and housing to ministry. The other two people here are Michael and Sarah. They are pretty cool.

Love you all,
-Nate