Life

I can not believe that October is half over. I want the world to stop spinning so I can get off. I feel like I am constantly on the go. I hope this feeling eases up when I am done with school.

I did just return from New Orleans with Angie. We were there for her to speak at a National Confrerence (go Angie!!). It was GREAT fun. We had good times, good food, and many laughs along the way. I even survived driving across Lake Ponchatrain with NO WARNING whatsoever that it was coming. All of a sudden you were driving across the water about 5 feet above it and on and on it went. At least this was not the 24 mile bridge, just the 4 mile one. Still, it was nervewracking for someone who doesn't like going across water.

The food and sights were amazing. I encourage anyone who has the chance to go to New Orleans. The city is still recovering, but many areas are back and they want visitors.

Kabal24 Book Review

Amazing. Simply put that is the best way to describe the book Kabul24. I remember in the late summer and fall of 2001, amidst the devastation of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, hearing of the kidnapping and imprisonment of the 2 American aid workers in Afghanistan. What I did not remember from this time was that there were 22 other people being held at the same time.

The book opens as the aid workers for Shelter Now International of SNI are working in Afghanistan. Reading about what these people do, and the love they have for the Afghan people really touched my heart and showed such a true image of the fulfillment of the Great Commission. These people were not paid exorbitant salaries, nor did they live in nice homes. They were simply there because of their love for the people and the answering of God's call to go.

The story of their kidnapping amidst the amazing miracles that God performed to get most of the team and their families out of harms way is breathtaking and page turning. Following the story of the leader of SNI, George, the reader is taken on a journey of despair but also of hope that God would come to their rescue in HIS timing.

As you read, you constantly see the hand of God moving and miracles being performed to keep the team of 8 and their 16 Afghan workers safe. At the end of the book, their is a list of all of the miracles that occured to make this story happen. As I finished the book, I was amazed that these people still have a desire for the Afghan people. It goes to show that the call of God is strong and forgiveness is even stronger. I recommend this book to anyone who questions whether or not God still performs miracles today, because these 24 people are living proof of it.