School started again, and they are badly short of good substitutes- lots if opportunity.
We have started a parent training program. There are hundreds if parents at a loss for how to help their kids survive, -potentially life changing opportunity.
My parents have discovered several untapped resources in Honduras and are helping the people there to develop and export those resources- multi level impact in several countries.
There is an openness to talk about the ultimate things in life during a crisis -I am surrounded by people in crisis.
The thing about opportunity is that they take effort and attention to respond to, and that can be difficult. The parenting program has caused us to totally rework the schedule for our Sunday evenings.
Subbing requires a lot if time and the flexibility to always be picking up the pieces of someone else's plan.
Responding to life crisis requires a kind if availability that interrupts family activities and sleep habits.
And the natural resources from Honduras? They have me planing on investing some of our savings and spending time in an attorney's office. Setting up a corporation so I can sell soapberries. (Checkout soapberryharvest.com for more on that)
All of it is change, requires sacrifice and effort. At the same time I still preach Sundays, commute to chaplaincy work several days a month, hold regular discipleship meetings and have regular devotions with my kids at home.
I remember when I was in college a friend of mine remarked that I had more things going in at once than anyone else they had ever met. I guess not much has changed.
The thing I need you prayers on is that at some point you reach the limit of effectiveness. I am flirting with that edge. I need wisdom to know how many subing jobs to take, and how to structure a buisness plan, complete the continuing education requirements for the chaplaincy, build a strong discipleship emphasis in a small local church, develop a relationship with my kids and find time to talk with my wife.
So in this time I appreciate very much your prayers. For wisdom endurance and focus. It is more than I can do, but it is not merely my ability that counts.
