Agricultural/Environmental Techincal Advisor in Southeast Asia
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Richard's Blog - My Updates from Southeast Asia
"Throw it into the fire. Destroy it!"
Over the past year we have been put in many situations where it seems like the comfortable control of our lives is stripped away from us: living in shared spaces while support raising, support raising in general, living in a home stay in our new country, surrendering time required to language class, living life on the schedule of a different culture, among others. Through this process I have learned a lot, such as how amazing God’s sovereignty is in placing us where he wants us to be, finding more peace in His presence, and growing in my faith in His goodness. But recently The Spirit has... Read more
Faith as a Dual Identity Worker
I came to this country with the intent to work doing something that I am passionate about and trained in--establishing righteousness and justice in the agriculture/agribusiness field and working to see humankind's task of stewarding over God’s creation is fulfilled in a God glorifying way--while also striving to share my personal hope and spread the Good News to those around me. In overseas contexts this is often called working as a “dual identity person”. I think it can also simply be referred to as the daily life of a working believer, but in the realm of overseas kingdom work this “dual... Read more
"Why are you here?"
It seems as if at least once a week I am asked some form of the question, “why do you live in this country?” That got me to thinking, maybe I could come up with a way to answer that question that gently brings up spiritual things for further conversation. Here is how I have been answering that question: ---------- “Is it ok if I share a story with you? When I first started university I had a dream of becoming a doctor. Part of that dream was a desire to help other people, but added onto that were the additional benefits of gaining respect from others, academic achievement, and financial... Read more
The Foundation of God's Throne & Our Wedding Garment
Over the past 5 months our team has been going through a study focused on righteousness and justice in the Scriptures. Our team leader put this study together a few years ago when he was struck by Psalm 97:2 which says that the foundation of God's throne is righteousness and justice. He thought that if the Throne of Grace (Heb 4:16) is sitting on a foundation of righteousness and justice, that it is important for us to understand righteousness and justice for our work. In this study we tracked God's plan of righteousness and justice through the scripture. At the end, we were asked to pick... Read more