So Long Day Break...

On the 18th of this month I closed a meaningful chapter in my life. I worked at Day Break Coffee Roasters for 4 1/2 years. Leaving was mixed with a lot of heaviness, and gleeful anticipation for the years to come. A few days before my last day, one of my beloved customer/friends brought me this cake. 

Thank you Dr. Lewis Held for your consistency in always brightening my day. There are too many people who I have got to know very well that I will miss greatly. 

LRH

Scarred for Life!

Merry Christmas from the Heinrichs!

Maybe this kid knows something we don't.

An easy opportunity to comment.

We haven't made our blog public knowledge quite yet (except to a special few). And if you are one of those special few, we would like to know about it. Comment to this post with your name and the title of your favorite book.

LRH

To Richmond and Beyond...

As most of you know, Daryl-Ann and I are pursuing overseas mission work. It has been a somewhat long road in getting to where we are today, but he has kept our hearts and eyes fixed on, what we feel, our purpose is. We went through a thorough process to go with a mission board that we think will be a good fit for what it is we are going to try and do. We went to an interview in July and were officially accepted in September. We are not completely sure what our job is going to be quite yet, but what we do know is we will be living in East Asia and be functioning primarily as language students for at least the first year. We will keep you posted any developments that occur. 

The next step for us will be going to a two month orientation in Richmond, VA. We will leave for Richmond on January 23, 2009. To our excitement our supervisor (the man who leads the team we are going to work for) is going to be on furlough in Richmond the same time we are going to be there and we will be able to travel with his family back to East Asia. We have already reserved our international tickets and will be leaving the states officially on April 14.

Daryl-Ann and I greatly appreciate and desperately need your prayers as this will be a huge transition for us. We trust that as we leave our friends, family, and the land we know that Christ will supply everything we need to live a fruitful, joy-filled life. That which we loose in this life Jesus will fill up on our behalf, if not in this life then in the life to come. Please join us in this task and never cease to pray for us. Not only us, but all those God will raise up to take his glorious message to the world. Partner with us by joining this cause by esteeming Jesus as more valuable than anything on earth and living in a way that demonstrates Christ love to all mankind.  

More to come...

LRH

Texas Tech, BA

I officially completed undergrad.... I don't think it will hit me until I next semester when I don't have to go back to class. Oh well, whats done is done.

Thanks to all those who supported me through the past 18 years of my life. I could not have made it here without your love and support.

LRH

Spiritual Depression

You might think by the title of this post that I was about to open up the depths of my heart and tell you about my deepest struggles, well hate to disappoint you, but I am not (at least in this post).

Spiritual Depression is a book by the late Dr. Martyn Llyod-Jones that I have been reading lately. Every time I go into it I am struck with how well this man handles the subject of spiritual depression. I have mentioned him before in this blog, but again even though he is dead he still speaks. I am deeply encouraged by a few things:

1. Spiritual depression often comes from not knowing who we are apart from Christ (sinners in desperate need of something outside us to bring healing).

2. Spiritual depression often comes from not understanding the work of the Christ in the Gospel and not being able to apply it to our miserable condition. 

3. A life that sees itself in Christ's work will be, without exception, a life that produces Christian joy in the midst of any trial. We will see that the only thing that matters in the world (being reconciled to God) is ours in Christ, and that is a joyous place to be. 

I have been encouraged to know myself more deeply and know the Gospel more fully. Both of which, I believe, only come with lots of contemplation and assistance from the Holy Spirit.

See yourself for what you are and find healing in Christ. 

Fall

I think that fall has to be the absolute greatest season of the year.  How I love the cool weather, red leaves, and listening to more Andrew Peterson.  

--da

Watch this...Wow

This is really amazing. Well worth 10 min. of your time.

Astronomy Video

LRH

Deuteronomy 6:11-12

'and when you eat and are full, then take care lest you forget the Lord'

Have you ever been hungry before? Not the kind of hungry that you experience between meals, but the kind of hunger that doesn't know where your next meal is coming from? 

I know I have never experienced this hunger, so what are some ways that we as people who are 'full' can 'take care lest we forget the Lord'?

Isn't it interesting that our tendency as people is to forget the Lord when we are 'full'? Or to say it a different way, that our tendency as people is to forget the Lord when things are going well for us? Why is this?

Thoughts?

LRH

DG National Conference 2008!

Daryl-Ann and myself along with our close friend Nick Langford just returned from an enriching trip to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Why did we go there you may ask? We went there because John Piper's ministry, Desiring God, puts on two conferences a year and since we are trying to leave the country it seemed like this would be our last chance for a while to go. I thank God for Gospel-centered, Christ-exalting teachers. If it wasn't for the grace of God working through a few of these faithful spiritual giants I would still be living a Logan-centered, self-righteous life. 

The conference theme this year was The Power of Words and the Wonder of God, and we explored the power of the tongue and how the action of speaking related directly to the God who speaks. The conference was opened with a tremendous exposition of James 3:1-12, followed by sermons on the place that singing has in our lives, how sharp or how biting our words should be for the glory of God, the place of telling stories as a mechanism of communicating truth, a sermon on taming the tongue as a battle existing in the heart, and finally what is the place of eloquence in our sharing of the Gospel with all mankind. 

Full video and audio are available for free for those of you who are interested. 

I especially recommend to you the talks done by Ferguson (rich), Driscoll (hilarious and profound), Tripp (convicting), and Piper (insightful and provocative).

Below are some of the limited photos we took while we were there.

The botanical photos were pictures we took at our three hour visit to The Minnesota University Landscape Arboretum. Sorry we didn't take many pictures. We had good intentions!

LRH