But then Jesus.

Sorry for the delay. This week has been crazy and it's only gonna get worse (or better, however you look at it.)

I've tried to comprise some of my favorite memories from the ten days I spent in Poland with the Roma people group and I'll be posting them here in the days to come.

While in Poland we spent every night in worship with one another, both the Roma and the Americans. One of my favorite things about those times were listening to the testimonies of the Roma people. They are a broken people who have a tattered past.

Most of the men's testimonies included stories of drunkenness and beating their wives. They spent there days searching for work and falling into a hurtful reality. But then Jesus.

Most of the women's testimonies included loneliness. Stories of searching for peace and significance in other religions and philosophies. Pain and hurt from lives lived in desperation. But then Jesus.

The Roma's stories are more than sad stories and more than hopelessness, because Jesus showed up and turned their world upside down. Now men are leaders, women are caretakers. Men support their families both financially and more importantly spirtually. Women smile and laugh and build families based on kinship and love.

The Roma people have a long ways to go. Jerry Goss (the missionary to the Roma people) spent every morning of the camp in Bible study with them. They are learning what it means to live as a Christian and what they can do to reach others for Christ.

That is simply an introduction into their lives. I'll be sharing more specific stories and the days to come. I ask that you continue to pray for the Roma and pray the revival amongst them continue.

I also ask that you pray for me. It is still unclear where and what I am going to be doing after the summer.

Thanks.

A.T.

I'm back, but up front...

HELLO AMERICA!

Sorry I haven't blogged yet about Poland. I've been back in the states since Sunday night, and I haven't stopped. I had some test and a paper due yesterday and I have been trying unpack and get things back in gear. I promise I will write when I have time. I have some great stories to share.

But for now I want to leave you with this thought:

If we know the Christ died for the sins of the world and rose again on the third day, and that unless people know that and know Him they will go to Hell; then why do we neglect to say anything to our unbelieving friends, or even the person in the coffee shop, or the person on the other side of the world. Why are we sitting on our hands Church?

Adam T.

TODAY IS THE DAY!

Today I'm leaving for Poland and I just wanted to thank everyone and ask for continued prayer while I'm gone. It can go a whole lot further than any money you could give.

I look forward to sharing all my experiences when I get back.

May God keep you until I see you again!

Adam

Below is a blog for our team, so you can keep up to date on what we are doing:

http://fugepolandmissionteam.blogspot.com/

TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY!

Hey friends,

I know I haven't posted since the beginning of the month and tomorrow is the first day of March. February has flown by and I have been so busy, I haven't really had time to write. Which is sad because I love it so much.

Over this month I have been working on a couple of things. First I have decided to go to Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC! Which means I'll be staying close to home and won't have to leave any of my friends here. I have decided to get my masters in Church Planting and God has called me to eventually start a church, where I don't know and how is up to Him as well.

With that said, I am writing to ask for your prayers. Tomorrow I'll be preaching at my home church Day 3, to start the new series, Myspace/Yourspace. It's aimed at making every avenue of our lives God's. I am uber excited to get to share God's words with the people I share life with, even though I have to do it twice, both at 8:30 and 10:30!!! So, please pray for me tomorrow, that God's words will flow from my lips and I won't fall off the stage!

And lastly, I leave for Poland next Friday for ten days with Fuge. Pray for that, as I prepare and get all the warm clothes I can find.

I promise I'll be posting again soon!

Adam T.

Singing in the REIGN!

Howdy friends!

So, leading worship this semester for Baptist Campus Ministry has been really fun and I feel like the group is really starting to mesh and find our niche with one another as we lead others in worship. This week we are going old school and singing hymns from the good ol days, i.e. I saw the light, Joyful joyful, Solid Rock, It is well, and Come Thou Fount. We wanted to do Have a Little Talk with Jesus, but the girls couldn't carry the bass line. Last night as we were wrapping our minds around these songs and putting them together, there were a couple lines from Joyful Joyful that jumped off the page and punched me in the Adam's apple. You know how there are those central Biblical truths you know, but sometimes you need to be reminded and God does an awesome job at doing that! Well this is one of those times. The lines are:

Father love is reigning o’er us,
Brother love binds man to man.

Henry J. van Dyke smacked the ball out of the park in my opinion. (The guy who wrote the song) It was first published in 1911 and still to this day is relevant and true. But out of any lines in the song, those two rang the truest in my head and heart. Our Father God is reigning/raining his love down on us, and he does not give us love to squander, but instead to bind us together as brothers and sisters, every human being. We are called to embrace one another in love. To learn from each other. Sometimes we just want to fix all the problems and we get so focused on repairing that we forget the person involved. But instead I think God calls us not to solve all the probelms, but to sit with one another in those probelms and to experience it with one another, so we may know we are not alone in this. SO let us embrace the truth of these words.

Put down your busy-umbrella and feel God's love raining down on us and then go splash in some puddles with your brothers and sisters!

A.T.