This morning I am taking my first pill to prevent Malaria. This makes it feel real, I am going to Malawi. I have been preparing, fund raising, researching, memorizing, organizing, journaling, blogging, reading, worshiping and dreaming about going to Malawi for over four months now, and finally the time has come.

All along the way, each day, God has given me direction. Right here in my home town, I have been able to improve the world. The world is improved when we bring Jesus with us into any and every situation.

Today I am keeping this short so that I can have extra time to read God's word and worship before I go to church this morning. I will only have two Sundays to enjoy my home church fellowship before I leave.

As I go I will carry with me the good news of the gospel...when we sit in the airports in Chicago, London, Nairobi, Lilongwe...I will carry the gospel. When we ride in an open air truck on the bumpy roads of Malawi towards the village of Madzanje, I will carry the gospel. When we arrive at Esther's House Orphanage, I will carry the gospel. As we walk through the surrounding villages, I will carry the gospel...

I have a chance to change the world every day. So do you. We can change the world for the better, or we can change the world for the worse...

God wants to change things...He wants to change your ways, your actions, your heart...

"If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow and do not shed Innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, the land I gave your ancestors forever and ever. But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless." - Jeremiah 7:5-8

Even though many haven't changed and trust in the lies of the world arround them, God cannot give them up because of who He is, because of His character, He continues to give us a chance to change:

"How can I give you up?...How can I hand you over?...My heart is changed with in me, all my compassion is aroused." - Hosea 11:8


What will you change today?