An Atheistic Police Officer

A friend of mine who I played rugby with here is a cop and he patrols downtown.  He stopped by and said hi as I was doing the Gospel Guy.  He was also with a few of his co workers.  Being the week of valentines the question I was asking all week was "What is Love and Who Defines What it Is?"  As we spoke, my friend was very up front with me ans stated he was a hard core atheist.  We then spoke for about 30 minutes and had a very good conversation about justice.  My friend believes that society determines what is write or wrong...not some "made up God".  I asked him questions, and he asked me questions. The one question that seemed to stump him though was when i asked him how he could believe in sending a bad guy to jail for a crime, but then when people die, there is no justice or consequences for the life we have lived here.   It was a great time sharing the Gospel.  Please pray for Trevin. I will definitely get many more opportunities to speak with him.

Lots of Snow Means Lots of Fun

We have had tons of snow the past 24 hours.  So far we have almost a foot on the ground and it is still falling!  Kids were out till 10:30 at night sledding down the hills here and having a blast!  The family is doing great.  Kids are healthy and busy with school.  Sarah is of course very busy with homeschooling and taking care of baby Alistair, who is one chunk and a half!

Outward Aplogetics Seminar

Well..it is official!  This fall I will be running the Outward Apologetics Seminar here for 6 weeks come September.  I am super excited for it and doing the Gospel Guy has birthed this dream in my heart do put together the OAS.  Please check it out at http://www.ywamsalem.org/outward-apologetics-seminar/

God is Faithful When We Share the Gospel

This week was an amazing week doing the Gospel Guy.  We shared the Gospel with around 40 individuals.  When I say shared the Gospel, I literally mean the whole nine yards.  This is not including all the people we simply were able to speak to and listen too. Two people gave their lives to Christ.  And many seeds were planted.  We had an amazing time, and as always were challenged by very real honest questions.  We are now doing the Gospel Guy on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays.  I am so encouraged by this ministry!  Within one morning I spoke to a Satanist, an Athiest, a Unitarian, and 15 Japanese students who all say that God does not exist.  It was an amazing week!  Please continue to be praying for the Gospel Guy ministry.  Pray for Eric who works for the city and i see him every time...he is searching deeply for a Savior.  Pray for Cyrus as I continue to meet with him.  He actually is reading the whole Bible and writing down tons of questions for me.  Should be interesting!

Stand and Defend coming September 2014!!!!

I am very excited to announce a new school that I am forming here at YWAM Salem.  The "Stand and Defend" School will be starting September this year.  I dubbed it Stand and Defend to basically give the meaning of Standing for the truth of Jesus, and defending the Gospel.  To make a long story short, over my years in ministry I have noticed in my own life and the life of many Christians a gap in their ability to defend the Christian faith while speaking with others.  Since I started the Gospel Guy, I have been challenged so many times by honest tough questions that have caught me off guard.  Thus, was born my desire to start this school.  It will be a second level 7 week school registered under YWAM's University of the Nations.  Technically it will be called a seminar, because it would need to be 12 weeks to be a school.  I am very excited about this.  The school will be very intense both academically, and also practically as all students will be getting a ton of practice speaking with people. Please begin to lift this school up in prayer.  I have a TON of work i need to do from scheduling speakers, budgeting, curriculum formation, outreach implementation, recruiting students, etc... Add on top of this our regular Spring Break and Summer Mission Adventures groups, and life with the kids...2014 is going to be a busy one for the Walter tribe!!

Proceeding On is Almost Here!

I am real excited to announce that I am in the final stages of seeing my devotional I have written become published!  "Proceeding On" has been way more work that I ever thought, but has truly been a wonderful experience.  I am looking at probably about a month or a bit longer before it is published.  Above is an image of what the front and back cover will look like.  Overboard Ministries the publishing company has been great to work with, and I feel blessed to have been able to do this.

New Year Starts as a Busy One!

The new year here at YWAM Salem has started in full swing.  Our Winter DTS began, along with the School of Biblical Counseling.  It is always exciting having new students from all across the globe.  Last week I counted over 10 different nations represented in our meeting room.  The Fall DTS teams are all on outreach, and we have been hearing amazing reports. One group, has went into a village where there recently has been animal sacrifices, and rumors of human ones.  Pray the the Gospel would shine and the students would be safe.  I am speaking again in March on Evangelism in the Winter DTS.  I always look forward to those opportunities.  Pretty soon, we will be hosting Spring Break Mission Adventures trips.  We have around 60 students signed up rite now, which I am real excited for.  The Gospel Guy will be kicking into high gear next week as well.  Life on the home front is super busy as well.  All in all, we are doing great and thankful for this new year and for what it holds.  Stay tuned as I have some exciting news of a new ministry I will be starting up this coming fall here at YWAM Salem.  Above picture is of us two weeks ago when we took the kids ice skating in the mountains.