Finally in Los Angeles

I am finally in Los Angeles. After a week and a half of driving west I have arrived.  I am so thankful to be here.  I am thankful to see a place that God has been preparing for me. Here is a small collage of some of the pictures from my trip out here.

I am now here to finish raising the remaining amount of my support and report to campus in January or as soon as I can report.  I am only $650/month away from being done and able to report!  So hopefully this amount comes in soon from people in this area and anywhere else.

I have sent out my October newsletter and I also wanted to share it with you.  I am excited to start this new chapter but do need people praying.  Prayer is essential to reaching my final support goal and having a firm foundation in a city where I don't know many people.  I am looking to be plugged in and serve this city with all that I am.  Please intercede for Los Angeles to experience revival and renewal through Jesus Christ.

Albuquerque to Phoenix

My time in Albuquerque was awesome. I got to see a great guy Trajuan Briggs who plays football for New Mexico. Trajuan used to attend Cal-Berkeley and I was able to meet him and pour in to his life some when I did some work there. He transferred to New Mexico last year for a new chapter and I was able to visit him and some of his team the other night in their team hotel the night before they played Utah State. I was able to pray wih him and a teammate and encourage them on their journey as college athletes. 

I am now in Phoenix for a few days with other AIA staff before heading to California on Tuesday! I was able to attend the Arizona State vs Washington game yesterday. My first Pac 12 game of many to come!

KC to OKC...

Kansas City was just a refreshing time in the Lord. I spent most of the time at IHOP(International House of Prayer).  It is a place where there is 24/7 worship and prayer. Literally all day every day.

 My friend Ben and I at IHOP.

 Touring some of the Tornado devastation in OKC. Just floored and heartbroken.

Got to see my great buddy Abraham Wright in Oklahoma City today. He was playing for the Dolphins when I worked in their video department.  He is now with FCA and an amazing man of God.

The road to LA

The time has come for me to move West. Athletes in Action recently granted me permission to move to Los Angeles to finish raising my support there. 

Over the next week I will be driving across country. I invite you to pray for supernatural adventures and many opportunities to share the Gospel along the way. Also I ask for your prayers to ask Jesus to raise up more ministry partners for my role at UCLA with AIA.

Here are some pics from today's journey from Lynchburg to Lexington, KY and then in the post below is my drive on to St. Louis.

Dad even made me a going away UCLA cake!

 West Virginia

Louisville

Great times in St. Louis

Last night I arrived in to St. Louis and was able to visit wih some amazing friends Joe and Becca Dewey. I reached out to Joe his first year at the University of Virginia when he was a first year lacrosse player there. Joe and his wife Becca are now in seminary in St. Louis and loving their journe God has them on. I am incredibly blessed to have stayed in touch over these years.

I was also able to meet up with a Dayton student athletes parents today. This athlete I helped disciple and pour in to last year so it was a sweet time of connecting and sharing about what God has done. 

Now on to Columbia, Missouri to hang out with our AIA staff at Mizzou!

How do we grow as Christian athletes?

How do we grow as athletes and as people in our lives?  That is a question that is important and needs an answer.

Here below is a video of me answering that very question. Its from earlier this year when I was a guest speaker at out Athletes in Action Speakers Training in Ohio.  Hope you enjoy!

AIA Principle 3 Chapel Version from jon demeter on Vimeo.