Easter Sunrise Service 2019,
and all the pieces now seem to fit!
It was April 6th, 2000 at another Easter sunrise service in San Diego that I surrendered my life to the Lord. So needless to say, That day of our Lord’s resurrection is very special to me. My flesh birthday is April 4th 1959, and my born again birthday is April 6th 2000.
Deborah and I have been traveling from Oregon since October 2018, and have been in Arizona ever since. We have photographed petroglyph’s at in central AZ, and you can see them at; http://bfeet.net/wp/zen
We have gotten to go find cool rocks, we have camped in an old gold mining towns, and overall just felt like the Lord has placed us in “Craig and Deborah’s” playground. Turns out though He was just keeping us in the area so one day in December I would be looking for a job in or around Gila Bend, and sure enough, there it was. A UXO Tech postion. (I did not even know what UXO was 7 months ago.)
We are tent-makers now as most of our financial support for this mission comes from working a job, and not so much from the BRETHREN. Our mission field has changed from homeless folks struggling with drugs / alcohol, to working folks struggling with life issues because they have never met JESUS. Evangelizing here is very much like when we were in Mongolia, you cant just start talking about Jesus, or the Bible, you have to wait until you are asked. The Lord always gives me the opportunity to be asked right there when someone has a question about Geology (Genesis 1 -11), or rules like how come Jews don’t eat pork? The fact that we are here for those questions, is totally GOD!
I even had precious man ask me about how to really study the Bible correctly, so we talked about hermeneutics. What a blessing that was.
So without going into a huge amount of detail, this last Easter sunrise service, God Spoke to me very PLAINLY about Our Mission… We really are (Nomads, and tent-makers). We will be planning spending the summer rebuilding the BUS with a bigger engine, so we will be able to pull a micro trailer, (And Deborah’s Loom), and will start up the job again in October Lord Willing. Shortly after that (Spring 2020). I have been accepted as a student at Texas A&M Engineering Extension so I can be certified as a UXO tech 1. I aim to be able work anywhere, and Deborah and I will start being UXO Sweep/Tech 1 and “pastors” / “missionaries” to those who ask
For our help on the field. The work is actually all over the USA, and once I am certified I will be able to pick and choose where we go. God has really given us the Nomad lifestyle, with no particular place to lay our heads just like Jesus (Foxes have holes, Birds have nests …). BUT IT SEEMS THIS IS THE LIFE WE WERE DESIGNED FOR! Praise Him ! We are praying for help with rebuilding the bus, and acquiring a small light trailer. The LORD was very plain that this is our new walk with Him, its not about the bus, the trailer, the school. It is TOTALLY about serving Him, and being where He wants us to be. (New New Thing !)
We DO need help to start, you could volunteer to help buy parts. We have a place to rebuild her in AZ, so we don’t have to travel far. School starts is September, and I have already been accepted, ONLY by Gods Grace!
Craig And Deborah following the Lord …