Deer Blind? Church?

So much has happened and I am so far behind. I will catch you up today and then promise to stay in touch over the next couple of weeks. January flew by with Garrett making his high school baseball team, Kayla making the praise team at her church, Ashley confirming plans for her wedding and enjoying her first semester without school in 15.5 years. She is planing to start grad school in the fall. Garrett and I finished our hunting for the year. I have traveled to Hebron north of Sherman TX, and now sit in Del Rio TX. Last week I served with our team at FRBC in Arlington during a Team Impact event that saw over 600 people experience life change. In addition I attended two evangelism conferences, an annual retreat for Texas Evangelist, and have begun helping the student ministry in the absence of a full time guy at our local church.

I want you to think of the picture I have placed in the blog. This is the deer blind Garrett and I sit in waiting on some unsuspecting innocent deer to come strolling by. We sit in relative comfort, protected from the out side elements, and invisible to the dangers and goals of our hunting experience. We place corn a distance away to attract the prey but not so close as to make it uncomfortable. When a species walks up that is acceptable, we actively engage and claim our trophy. Now I know it sounds funny, but it triggered something in my thinking. Do you realize that is exactly how most unchurched people view the church? Hummm. Think about it a second. Something has to change. We have to get out of the blind, become exposed to the elements, take on the challenges and discomforts of the culture and love people rather than overtake them. Oh well, enough preaching. Gotta go!

I leave March 4 for Pakistan with three gentleman, go from there to Kenya to meet my daughter Kayla and three others then home the 20th! Keep me in your thoughts and prayers and know David Burk loves you no matter what! Live fast, it's over before you know it! :-) David