My Conclusion

Happy New Year 2010

Dan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:07:34 +0000

Wishing you all a prosperous and safe New Year.

In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship and never in want.

Michael Piano performing at the Festival of Lights

Jules — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:08:39 +0000

This would have been an awesome show to catch.

You can find more pics at Marieanne’s blog.

Change The World by Street Light

Dan — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:11:24 +0000

Beautiful version of one of my favorite songs, Change the World, by Street Light. It’s in Japanese.

Change the World

You can’t change the stormy weather.
You can’t change the sands of time.
You can’t change the rugged mountain
So it’s easier to climb.

But you can change somebody’s life
Just by giving them your own.
One by one we’ll change the World.
So come on, sing this song.

Chorus:
[You can change yourself]
It might take a little while.
[You can change a friend]
Just by giving them a smile.
[You can change the World]
And we’ve got so little time
To chase away the darkness
And fill the World with light.

You can’t stop the rain from fallin’.
You can’t stop the ocean’s tide.
You can’t stop the sun from shinin’
Even if you try.

But you can stop that empty feeling
Of being all alone.
Just put love in someone’s life,
You’ll find love is in your own.

Chorus:
[You can change yourself]
It might take a little while.
[You can change a friend]
Just by giving them a smile.
[You can change the World]
And you’ve got so little time
To chase away the darkness
And fill the World with light.

A Christmas Message from Steve Kelly and Karen Zerby

Dan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:31:40 +0000

The Family International website got it’s Christmas decorations up today and a first: a Christmas video message from Steve Kelly and Karen Zerby.

Missionary Book Suggestions for Children

Dan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:50:05 +0000

Great list over at Steve & Linda’s blog of various books about missionaries to inspire children. Check it out.

A look at those around you

Dan — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:22:31 +0000

When going through my RSS feeds today, an article caught my eye at Adventure for Life by Brian Whyte. It’s a good reminder of what missionaries, volunteers and philanthropists goal is:

–saw at least 3 people crying at different airports that day (I’m not talking about goodbyes)..I prayed for each of them that God would touch their lives & give them lasting happiness..

Read: Looking further

By Aaron

Dan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:13:05 +0000

We received the following from Aaron, thanks for your contribution!

To all those people reading this who know very little about The Family International, as a General Member, all I can say is they are a splendid bunch of people with only one aim, and that is to follow a clean Christian lifestyle. I have witnessed this and can say I’m proud to be a part of it!

Thanks to The Family, I have been able to find comfort in the words of Jesus, I have been able to study the Bible and finally, I have now found spiritual peace.

Aaron

South Africa: PMA Graduation

Dan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:39:04 +0000

The PMA Graduation in South Africa was held in October so this is somewhat old news. There’s a few accounts on various blogs with a real good recap by Tina at PMA Graduation 2009.

Some other blog/website posts @ the event:

Family Care Ministries: Oct 19, PMA graduation
Rumblings in the Jungle: Graduation Ceremony 09 (Pictures)
Adventure for a Lifetime: Finally

Witnessing at Cervantino

Dan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:32:56 +0000

Members of the Family International attended Festival Internacional Cervantino 2009. They stayed at a campground, witnessed and had some prominent Family musicians perform including Jeremy Spencer and Vas Myers.

I didn’t attend (wish I had), however I was able to round up some pics from around the web. (Note: If you attended Cervantino and want to send us a write up, blurb or testimony we will post it.) Enjoy the pics!

Japan: PMA Graduation Treasures

Dan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:52:58 +0000

The Professional Missionary Academy (PMA) is an innovative training program created by the Family International for those desiring to make a positive mark on the world as a professional missionary.

By one of the Japan PMA mentors:

Actually it amazed me that Jesus and the CGO board would have four days from October 13th to 16th to have a graduation for the PMA students, as everyone is quite busy and needed in their homes.

Set in the beautiful and exclusive mountain resort of Karuizawa, in an amazing resort home of a friend that included a chapel on the property, we had time to stop. We had:

Feeding word times;
Rocking inspirations;
A beautiful graduating ceremony;
Delicious meals together;
Crazy activity nights with dancing together;

Meditations, hiking, biking and liking each other who fought hard for 4 months to complete the course. Jesus made the time restful, inspiring, unifying and envisioning for us. Now, we will use what we learned.

The Lord always gets and gives much more out of what we give Him.