back to St Catharines

I am back in St Catharines. I arrived back on the evening of the 26th and was staying with Heymans for a few days and today I have moved into the Karanfilis' for a couple weeks and then back in with Heymans for the remainder of my time here (likely). Now I start looking for a job and looking for a course so I can teach english overseas and stuff. It's quite interesting being back in St Kits. Heymans and I and his brother went to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) the other night and further confirmed my previous belief that museums are BORING!! We'll see what the first part of 2008 has in store. For New Yrs I believe I'm goin to a church in Hamilton for a prophetic etc meeting. I'll let you know if Holy Spirit has any cool things to say..........which He always does. I guess I'll let you know if I'm actually hearing Him. Have a great end to 2007 everyone.

Merry Chri......um, I mean, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Whew, that was close, I almost put the word "Christ" back into "X"mas. Wouldn't want to offend anyone!

My pastor made a good point last sunday. (Paraphrased) He said that when someone you know has a birthday, you celebrate who they are today, not who they were one the day they were born. It's a good point. So much of Christmas (when Jesus is actually included) is about the poor, helpless baby Jesus. Jesus today is our Saviour. He has fulfilled His purpose and the Holy Spirit is now attempting to bring His church to the maturity we should have already attained. We should think of Jesus today as who He is, not was. The world is so clever to demean anything to do with an idea of Jesus that may offend. Really though, is anything less offensive than unconditional love? Maybe the world is more offended by Christians than by Jesus?

So, tomorrow I board a plane and head back to St Catharines, Ontario. What does 2008 hold for me? Live and learn, I guess. Merry CHRISTmas everyone. Jesus still loves you all!

Russian cult update

I haven't heard about or been able to find much on the Russian cult that has been underground for a month and a half or so. There has not been much media coverage as of late. The group is in the Penza Region about 600km SE of Moscow. Here are a couple recent reports I just found courtesy of Google:

• RIA Novosti
  


• Interfax-Religion

Try some Russian / Русский ?

I have had a hard time letting the Russian language go. So I've been still plugging away at it a bit. There is an awesome free language software site called Before You Know It, check it out -->HERE<--. And in the meantime, try to speak a little Russian

• Free software download at byki.com


• Learn at Transparent.com

Visitation/Impartation Campaign'07

Things have been really well since I quit Wal~Mart. My Visitation/Impartation Campaign'07 is in full swing and the meetings I have had with people have been really awesome. This week alone I have 10 meetings scheduled. God has provided some awesome opportunity and I strive to make the most out of everyone of them. I so desire to be able to impart the things into others which God has given into me.

I actually just got back from my cousin's Day Care. I was invited to Murray River to show the kids some African photos and explain how blessed we are and that the true meaning of Christmas is NOT Santa Claus! Good stuff. I had a great time and it seemed the kids really enjoyed it.

The Island has been extremely cold and the weather in St Catharines (I hear) is not much better. On Boxing Day I will board a plane and return to Ontario for an undetermined amount of time. Who knows?! I sure don't. 2008 has some really great potential. I am still really waiting on God; that He will further and more convincingly direct me into this next season. There is direction that needs to be decided upon, etc etc, and intimacy with Him is so crucial and dependant on.

But as hard as it has been to remain on PEI, it has also been good. It has been awesome spending time with my 1 yr old nephew. And all the other people who have made this time enjoyable (too many to name individually) are dearly loved and appreciated. This time has further convinced me that I was made for travelling. My perspective is "global" and not "local"; it's just who I am, it's how I was made.

So, 2007 is almost over. This year I was stretched a whole lot with street evangelism; graduated from Bible College; travelled to Redding, California; travelled to Pemba, Mozambique; travelled to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania --> Nairobi, Kenya --> London, England; and finally to Armavir and St Petersburg, Russia. Then back to Canada (St Catharines and PEI). It has been an unreal year, filled with challenges, growth, and difficulties. This may have been the year that has challenged and stretched me more than any other. Time will tell just how much.

Lets all make 2008 the year we abandon ourselves and become inconvenienced for the sake of the King. We'll ask ourselves this time next year if it was worth it, or if we regret it. We won't. We'll only regret NOT doing it.

Global Corruption

It appears (from this post anyway!) that corruption is pretty widespread globally. That might be a newsflash to all you have been living in a hole your whole lives, but thats the way it is. The photo above represents the current level of corruption throughout the earth. The countries in blue are not so corrupt while the more red the country, the more corrupt it is. I found it pretty interesting that Russia is listed as more corrupt than Mozambique!! Out of 179 countries (1 being good, 179 being terrible) Mozambique was tied for the 111th while Russia was tied 143rd (with Gambia, Indonesia, and Togo). Canada is tied for 9th with Norway. USA is 20th on the list. Tied for #1 is Denmark, Finland, and New Zealand. At the very bottom and the most corrupt countries listed are Myanmar and Somalia. For a complete view of the list click -->HERE<--. It's kinda interesting, if you're into that kinda thing? It appears I seem to be?

Russian Messiah / Российская Мессия

The Spiritual void left after the fall of the Soviet Union is being filled with some real crazies. New churches and religious sects are numerously popping up as people are now free(?) to worship and believe in God. Here are some links to Sergei Torop, a former traffic officer now turned "2nd coming of Jesus"!? Click on the links below to view.

• Sergei on Wikipedia
• Sergei's website (a must see)
• another of Sergei's websites
• Audiovisual journalism piece about the movement
• The Washington Post (great article about the Russian spiritual void)
• The Guardian
• Sydney Morning Herald
• news about religion in Russa

Russian cult members to be flushed out of cave

Interesting story in Penza, Russia right now. Read on.......!

Malaysia Sun

11th December, 2007

Russian special forces in the region of Penza plan to flush out a group of doomsday cult members from a cave.

For over a month, the cultists have been waiting for the end of the planet, remaining underground to 'save themselves during the time of the apocalypse,' which they say will come in May 2008.

The group comprises 29 people, including four children, the youngest being less than eighteen months old.

They have threatened to set fire to themselves if any attempt is made to force them to come out of the tunnel.

Special force officers with rescue dogs have spent time exploring the area around the cave, drawing up a plan of action.

The cave is said to have been divided into five cells, with a large space set aside for prayers. According to the sect's founder Pyotr Kuznetsov, the prayer room is to be used for the eventual burial of the sect members.

The founder is not with the sect members in the cave. Kuznetsov is currently being treated for paranoid schizophrenia in an asylum in Penza, about 600 km southeast of Moscow.

UNEMPLOYED!!! (безработный)

Yes, I quit my job at Wal~Mart. Bye bye to no life at all. I figured after I slept 23 hrs on my day off that sacrificing my life for $9.75/hr is definitely DEMONIC!! I'll just rely on God to meet my needs for the rest of my time on PEI, and I'll step up my Visitation/Impartation'07 Campaign and see what happens. I've surely been in worse jams before, and I'm not too worried about it all anyway. You see, "Your life becomes a supernatural life when you obey God" (Rick Renner)

монотонность

I havent updated for awhile. The reason is simple.....there has been little going here on PEI. I am now working nights at Wal-Mart but am regretting my decision for the amount of time that night shifts consume from your life. It seems that I just eat, sleep, and work. Living for a paycheque is definitely demonic. Last night I put together a Barbie Princess kid's chair; exciting? Maybe?

I don't know wat is going on? Is it still re-entry? I kinda hope so. Time does not seem to be living up to it's end of the bargain.