KidzCan! - a good dose of reality!

Hello friends, this is my first post on the Missions Alive Blog and I didn't have the slightest idea what to write until this moment. So bare with me as the thoughts crystallize.

I'm coming up on being with the Mission 2 years now. I've been able to witness a transformation of sorts. The driving force behind this transformation has been the program we call "KidzCan!" It went from being an idea, a dream that now has 13 episodes being viewed by test churches in the region. Exciting stuff, but with the realization of any dream, there's a heavy dose of reality.

Some of you are nodding your head with a pretty good idea of what I'm going to say next, but don't jump the gun just yet. Many are visualizing the roadblocks, the schedule snafus, missed opportunities and the "we should done that then" scenarios...and yes we experienced all that, but that's not the reality I'm talking about. A few of you know, have even experienced it yourself. What am I talking about? We all anticipated the regular stuff. But what took us by surprise were the funds drying up. We're not talking a couple of weeks, were talking several months! We were sure that God was behind the Mission and this project, how could He just let it become just the latest addition to the trash heap of good intentions? Well, He's not! We're still here!

It would be nice to tell you how a grant has been given to us to fund the Mission through this time, but none have yet to materialize. God has provided only exactly what we've needed just when we've needed it. Not when we think we need it, but in God's perfect timing. The heavy dose of reality is nothing that you'd see on any of the, so called, reality shows on television today. No. Faith. A living, growing, daily dose of faith.

We've had some faithful friends and even a sweet little girl who brought by a bag of coins she wanted to give us, we love them all, but behind them is a wonderful, faithful Father who knows how to love and care for us. He wants the Mission to move forward. He wants KidzCan! to move forward as well. When you've come face to face with real reality, it changes your perspective on life and the mission we've all been called to.

Thanks to all of you who pray for us daily. Thanks to those who give to us faithfully, who believe God is behind the work that is done here. We thank God for you in our morning prayer circle. If you haven't yet, I ask that you visit KidzCan.com and look over the material found there and ask God how he would want you to get involved.

Thank you,
David