What a day. What a week! I got back Saturday evening from a week on the East Coast, preached this morning and here I am in Houston on my way back to Cordoba, Argentina. Good grief! Here are the options folks: 1) I’m stupid; 2) I really think this is what God would have me to do.

This morning was great. We finished the Reasonable Service series and I was so excited about how everyone responded to the story I shared and the New Testament-give-away-challenge. If you weren’t there this morning, this is for sure a time when you need to watch on the website when the service gets posted, probably tomorrow. One guy who works for the IRS was convinced he could prayerfully use a case. He waited patiently until we knew that everyone had at least one, and he went off into the sunset with a case of testaments on his shoulder. As I was getting ready to board my plane, I ran into a KCBT family member who works at the airport. She took two testaments this morning and knows exactly who they are for. Very cool.

This trip really has me excited. The passion of my life and that of our church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ. This is our mission. The leadership of this group in Argentina seems to be really excited about learning how to do a better job of making disciples. Making disciples is a lot like having kids — anyone can do it! It takes no special talents, tools, or techniques in most cases. But, it sure makes a difference if you understand what and why you are doing what you are doing!

This particular group is the one where I spoke at a leadership retreat in April. Sorry, but I don’t have time to go back and add the fancy hyperlinks today. I will try to keep you posted when and if I can. I will fly all night, land in Buenos Aires in the morning, have to take a cab across the city to another airport and then fly on to Cordoba. I get in right around 6:00pm and start teaching at 8:00pm. Can you say “tight?” By the time I get to bed that night I am sure I won’t feel like connecting to the Internet and doing a post. So, don’t expect to hear from me until maybe Tuesday. The schedule promises to be a brave new adventure, so don’t hold your breath. Eventually I will surface and let you know what is happening. Meanwhile, I will appreciate your prayers.

One thing I said this morning that I don’t want you to miss – this is a missionary organization with ministries in several countries of southern South America. They are very excited about learning to make disciples using the Directions book in Spanish. They simply did not have this in their budget for this year, so our own Reality Living Resource Center is making possible the first printing of this book in South American in cooperation with them. As I have explained to you, the folks (mostly volunteers) who work in the bookstore do so out of a sense of mission. They are using their special gifts to be part of the process of making disciples. Those of you who have purchased items through the bookstore (including many of you who don’t even live in Kansas City) are also part of this same process. No one keeps profits; they are channeled back into the ministry of providing key tools for key people in key place. You are a part of this, and I thank you.