poreuomai

I love going to Aqua. What an incredible night we had last night. The spirit of worship was truly awesome. I love the people who come to Aqua. They are truly some of my favorite people on earth.

In case you missed it (or in case you're not "eligible" for Aqua, but would still like to be in 'the know'), here's what happened:

We talked about how as followers of Christ, we are called to go.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. Matthew 28:19-20a

The Greek word for "go" is poreuomai. It means to travel, depart, go, take a journey, walk.

The point? Here it is: we cannot stay where we are and fulfill the Great Commission. You and I are called, literally, to go.

So we issued the challenge: Let's (Aqua) go change the world. I told the crowd that we are sending Aqua--as many as we can accommodate--to Egypt in January to "Aquify" a thirsty desert. We're going to go do a vbs and teacher training for 10 days.

Wanna hear something cool? At least 20 people came up afterwards and said, "Count me in." I want to go rock Egypt with the love of Jesus Christ." 20+ people! How cool is that?

20 people who said, "I'm willing to step outside my comfort zone. I'm willing to trust God to provide me with the courage, finances, and time to be able to go. I want to go touch a life in Egypt."

I'm stoked. And there's still room. If you're a part of Aqua (or even if you wish you were), and you'd like to explore the possibility of traveling with us to Egypt this winter, e-mail me. I'll get you in the loop.

If you were at Aqua last night and fear or obstacles kept you from saying yes to going, e-mail me. We'll do our best to make room for you.

See, we believe that you can't be a follower of Christ and be comfortable. He will always take you to a place of faith.

Maybe he wants to take you to Egypt.