HiS PRINT Ministries Updates

In Isaiah 6 verse 8, Isaiah hears the voice of the Lord saying: "Whom shall I send, who will go for us?" Isaiah's response was not simply "Here I am", but his was "Here I am, send me!" Do you see the difference in those two responses? Saying "here I am" only, implies a doubt or hesitation, only acknowledging that you have heard! By following that response up with, "send me!", shows determination, enthusiasm, dedication and most importantly dependence on the Lord, to do what He is asking!  What is your response? To go and be sent is to be open to walk where God leads, trusting in His Holy Spirit to guide and leaning on His understanding and not your own! All of us are called to reach others! God didn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called and He has called us all to testify for Him. For most of us it doesn't mean traveling 6,000 miles away, but simply walking 6 feet away to share His love with someone, more accur...

Being back on Texas soil and in my Baby Doll's arms is a great place to be! I am so thankful that is where I am, but the safest and best place to be is in God's will and that is where I was and pray I will continually be! Back in my Baby Doll's arms! Being gone just short of two months is a long time away without your bride beside you, so being back home is a huge blessing! Thanks to all of you for your prayers and support for H i S PRINT and our Summer 2017 MLO (Mission Learning Opportunity) efforts which just came to a close. But please don't let those prayers cease! H i S PRINT has grown into a full time ministry that is continually doing God's work throughout the year! Currently we are planning a fall event state-side, continuing collection and pick-up of donated equipment around the city, and are working on our two 2018 MLOs (planned for next March and June/July.) As I reflect back on these past 2 months, there are so many remarkable and AWEMAXING ...

Started early this morning for my 16 hour trek back into my Baby Doll's arms! I am sitting in the airport in Frankfort Germany and just had a God moment! This is like the third one today and if I stay awake long enough on this next 11 hour flight, I gotta feeling there will be more!  First, the morning started when Janko, our loved brother of HiS HOUSE, got up and took HiS house companion to the airport! Although we were both sad, we were also excited to witness together all that God accomplished these past 2 months. Spending time in prayer on the drive up was special and I had to stop several times to take some deep breaths just to keep my composure! Still failed at doing so, I just love that man so much! I tried to convince him several times that Lewis and Clark (our island expedition names) should not separate and that he should come on back to Texas with me to see everyone! Here is the reaction I got: Janko's reaction to coming to Texas! Needless to say he'...

If I could go into detail on what occurred these past 24 hours and try and give you just a small glimpse of God's hand descending on a group of men, gathered around a table, trying to hammer and hash out how this equipment can be disbursed, you would see nothing short of a miracle!  You may recall that I put together the AFACT Committee to help distribute the football equipment that HiS PRINT has collected.  The committee consists of three men from Croatia and Serbia. We gathered together to discuss how to best distribute the equipment, but most importantly how to best share the love that God has and how HiS PRINT is a part of His plan! Well, what started out as a difficult, tense, sometimes loud meeting, with everyone wanting something different. But God stepped in and created a working environment that was filled with compassion and a desire for cooperation. In the end, God's love was expressed and HiS PRINT'S role in expressing that love was emphasized to the membe...

The Golden Rule to Understanding Spiritually is not intellect, but it is Obedience! Let's move forward in obedience to what He has us do, even when - or better yet, even though - we don't comprehend it! Record time in getting shipment through customs.  Crane Logistics and the Croatia RBI (a local non profit) did all the leg work to make the customs and shipment transfer go as smoothly as possible. I wish to thank them from the bottom of my heart for walking alongside us.  Damir, a member of RBI, was a tremendous help navigating the waters and communicating with the customs agent constantly!  Handing out equipment to all the teams has been just short short of heavenly! As one player said when they walked into the warehouse and received the equipment, "I have come to heaven!" We have handed out much of the 16,000 pounds to various sports organizations: hockey, karate, football and baseball teams. We have more organizations coming in the next few days...

HiS PRINT is all about relationships and has nothing to do with religion. First, our relationship with Jesus Christ is of the utmost importance! Loving and trusting in Him and Him alone allows us to enter into a Father and Son relationship with our Daddy God who made us in His own image, gifted us with HiS Holy Spirit and loves us enough to choose how we will live our life! For Him? Living and loving with each breath and step we take, which for HiS PRINT leads us directly into what we are all about! A team who loves people where they are and loves them 'till they ask why! Building relationships with people so they can see Jesus and develop a relationship with Him. This year our team exemplified what it meant to be a church without walls, which is exactly what the church is: not a building, but a body of believers living and serving together, wherever we go and with whomever we meet! 38 people from 14 different church bodies coming together for the sole purpose of sharing our relat...

At first glance, how many of you said to yourself, "Mossman doesn't know how to spell, and even spell -check failed to change the spelling?" It's actually the best word I could come up with to describe the Amazing, Awe inspiring God, who continually shows up in Maximum ways!  As you all know by now I am still in Croatia! I was due to go home on July 15th, but cancelled my return and stayed behind because I thought I needed to be here when the shipment arrived (it was delayed and is not due to arrive until middle of this week - either Tuesday 7/26 or Wednesday 7/27.) I am so limited in my understanding, and the God we serve has much more meaningful and relational reasons than the logistics of a shipment! Don't get me wrong, there is a lot that has been done and accomplished with cleaning out the garages here at HiS HOUSE and establishing an inventory and organization with Coach Antonio at the new warehouse, but that could have been done with or without me! But...

Forgiving in our own strength has limitations; our pride hangs on to the hurt caused and the pain created! Forgiving through the power and love of the Holy Spirit loosens the grip of self and elevates the image of Christ! I'm not really sure how to explain all that is going on these last few days! Knowing I was supposed to return back home on the 15th, I was missing my bride and somewhat homesick. But God started making new paths of ministry.  Watching Him work makes me, a man who sends texts longer than most short stories, wordless! Here's just a glimpse of His handiwork: Matei, a former camper from Zagreb who has participated every year since 2010, reached out by Messenger at 2:00 a.m. He lost his father this past week and he was sad. We had a good discussion and I then asked if I could come and see him, so this morning, Friday, I am going to Zagreb to spend time with him. Praying for open doors to share and talk about Jesus' love. David & Matei This ...

1st, 2nd or 3rd - Where is God in Your Life? I used to say or live by: God Family Me I don't count till I get to three.   But now I realize it must be: God God God I don't count until He becomes all three!  Our vision of God depends on the state of our character; character determines revelation! And revelation of Him won't come 'till He's replaced everything else in our lives! To fulfill God's design means entire abandonment to Him! Whenever I want things for myself, I distort the relationship and I interfere with what God intended with our relationship!  Although I miss my bride and family dearly, having this time left here in Croatia at HiS HOUSE has been an awesome time with God, without the busyness and business of the world swirling around me! Not much in the way of sounds of a house filled with people waking and scurrying around, preparing for the days of ministry work, just sounds of God's creation waking to a new day in the fo...

One word comes to mind when thinking of the library program this year—change. Very little of our library program happened the way we expected from past years. There were many obstacles in the way which took away from the traffic in the library including some of our program being cut, illnesses, a massive change in librarian staff, a new city swimming pool, craft programs in Sisak, and even a technology program overlapping with ours within the library. These changes greatly decreased the amount of students involved in the program and initially hit me like a punch to the stomach. I had many doubts about whether or not I was fit to lead this program and if it should even continue after this year.  Through it all my fellow members of HiS Print reminded me that God was still at work. With less children, we were able to bond more with each child, as well as with the librarians, and build upon those relationships. Regardless of the lack of attendance, God hand-picked each child and l...