Looking Back on 2007 What amazes me over and over again is the way how the Amigos share leadership. I like the title "Los Tres Amigos" (The Three Friends) much more than ‘Leadership Team AOA’ (LTA), because our shared leadership is based on an open... more The Heroes of 2007 At the beginning of 2007 I bought a wall calendar and wrote a verse from James chapter four across the top of it. It's from the passage that says, "Now listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.’ Why, you do not even know what will happen... more Keeping Your Eyes On Jesus As we enter the Christmas season, many things compete for our attention. We attend joyful gatherings of friends and family. We make the time to buy gifts for those we love. And most of us, I trust, will be taking advantage of the season for various sorts of evangelistic... more Prayer in Italy At the end of August, our national leadership team in Italy met to do some planning. As we listened to the Lord, we felt led to take 40 days of prayer leading up to our national staff conference. We invited all staff members to be involved, and to simply... more A Growing Vision in France "What is your vision for Nantes?" asked Joe Schlie, national campus director in France. He was talking to some of the student leaders in the local university ministry. "We'd like to see 200 people at our campus meetings," they said. "And we'd... more