Update # 31

We are grateful for the Lord’s ongoing care in our lives.

After a one-night trip to speak in Montreal last week, I will now be leaving for Korea tomorrow. Later this week, Jewel will receive her second chemo treatment. We are very grateful that one of Jewel’s loving Aunts will be coming to stay with her most of the time I am away.

While it will be hard to be away from Jewel during this time, we are both of the opinion that I need to begin to resume some of my normal and particularly critical activities.

Korea is hosting our annual leadership team meetings for World Evangelical Alliance. For 6 days our International Council (board) and our International Leadership Team (The leaders of our Regional Alliances, Commissions, Global Partners and Task Forces) will meet to discuss our 3-year strategic plan and how we can build more synergy and collaboration within the global evangelical family. In addition, we will have a joint meeting with the Christian Council of Korea, which represents the 12 million evangelicals Christians. A visit to the Blue House (the presidents residence) is also in the works.

For an update on current WEA activities you can go to our website:

http://www.worldevangelicals.org/

From Korea, 25 of our leaders will travel to China to meet with Church and Government leaders. I will travel with the group to Shanghai for two days, so that I can engage in a strategic meeting with the China Christian Council, the body that represents the official church in China. This will be a historic first time summit. As you can imagine we need much wisdom and insight as we interact with the Chinese leaders about very complex issues.

I will then return home and the team will continue to other parts of China to meet with other officials.

Yours on the Journey,

Geoff