Thursday, August 7, 2008

Let me tell you about Peter Wilson. Peter is a participant in our Wednesday night bible studies at Jamie and Kellee Ware's house. He's in his early thirties but he has more work experience than most people twice his age. Peter loves people. He love to talk to them and engage them and learn about their lives. He can meet just about anyone and strike up a friendship quickly. Pete is a man of many talents who has his hands in many things. Peter went to school to become an architect but after realizing it wasn't for him he moved on to various other business pursuits. Before he had even gone to college he's started a business selling his own line of fishing lures but got out before Chinese mass produced lures flooded the market killing small business. After working for a while Pete went back to school to become an ecologist. Some years after that he began working as a salesman of business efficiency training. He's currently doing quite well for a self-taught sales man or any salesman for that matter. All these things tell a little bit about the kind of person that Peter is but what I like most about Pete is his desire to make all he does glorify God. He hasn't been a Christian as long as many of us be he lives the life of one ready to lay down all things for the kingdom. He's generous and knows that he's been blessed with many seeds to sew. A scripture I've been dwelling on a lot in the past week has been 2 Corinthians 9:6-15. In it Paul tells the Corinthian church that if we as, God will give us the resources we need to show the world the glory of God till we're over flowing. I've tried to be a seed planter while I've been here and I've had lots of good examples to follow.

I wanted to tell a little bit about the story of someone who's had a great impact on me here. I've met so many others that have blown me a way in their faith and actions. They all have beautiful stories and I'm grateful to them for sharing them with me and to those who helped me get here. This place will not be easy to say goodbye to.