When God called us to Montana to work with the School of Biblical Studies program, we felt that there were many things that God had in store for us. I had been running the SBS in Kona for 7 years, and I was excited to help Montana enter a new season of SBS training. Looking back over the three years we have been here, I can see how God allowed us to be part of the growth of the program. We have gone from schools of 35 students to now 51 students this year. God gave us a whole new strategy for doing the school, by splitting the class in half and offering two sessions of the SBS. Even with all these developments, we also have been blessed to work with Ron and Judy Smith, the founders of the SBS course, who live in Montana. There had been projects on my heart for years that I wanted to work on for the SBS movement internationally. Together, the Smiths and I have seen some of those come to pass as we prepare for our global conference in Germany, have seen our podcast site take off, and have been a part of seeing the school multiply.
As we saw the greater needs and opportunities of the SBS all over the world, God began to steer us toward Asia. The SBS program is growing there quickly with new schools in Cambodia and Thailand just in this year. God had already been showing us a new paradigm for the SBS in creating regional resource centers for the SBS world. Taiwan seemed like an ideal location for one of these centers, and as we talked with leaders there, we began to feel that God wanted us personally to start this center. After much prayer and consultation, we have decided to move to Taiwan and work to establish an SBS International Resource Center there. Our goal is to move there in 2010, and we will be heading over in July to "scout" out the land.
Things are changing quickly for us, and as we were pondering all of this change, a family member sent us the link to this video we included below from You Tube. The video talks about how quickly things are changing in the world today, especially in the area of technology and the Internet. It asks the question at the end, "what does all of this mean?". I am so glad that I don't have to figure that answer out, because God already knows it! He is "ahead of the curve" and we just have to ask Him for wisdom and His strategies for the future. Part of that strategy for us includes the move to Taiwan, as He knows how quickly things are changing in Asia in the growth of the Church there.
If things are changing quickly in your life, or if God is challenging you towards change, let us take comfort in a God who is in control and has plans for blessing our world and us.
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