This is the first post of what should be many more as Cara and I embark on the adventure of our lives. We are so thrilled to have joined the Africa Revolution Team. It has been divinely orchestrated and we thank God for all He has done, all He is doing, and all He will do to fullfill His calling on our lives. There have been so many miracles that have confirmed this path that we know it is undeniably our destined journey.

We’re in the final stages of preparing to leave for South Africa and the hand of God continues to usher us into His great work. One of our primary items to get in order before we leave is our home in Oklahoma. We began a couple months ago to try to sell it, but as we prepared the steps to put it up for sale God stopped us and told us to wait and just trust Him. We didn’t know what He wanted us to do but surely we were supposed to be doing something, I mean, there was so little time.  So we decided we would try to rent it out. As we made preparations to try and rent it God stopped us again and told us to wait and just trust Him. We still didn’t know what we were supposed to be doing, we couldn’t just wait, could we? But we did, and when we did we made room for  God to show up, and show up He did.

I was given the name of a local ministry that just so happened to be looking for a place similar to ours. So we called them to see if God might be up to something there. When I talked to them they told me of a home they were already looking at that was twice as big as ours and had just as much land, for the same price. So we figured that might just be a dead end road. But they came and looked at our home anyway and right away they felt that it was the right place for their ministry. And it just so happened that the other place they were looking at fell through. The cool thing is, all the things we’ve always wanted to do with this place is exactly what they’re planning on doing with it-father and son retreats, church retreats, tent meetings, prison ministry, pastor and wife retreats, and they’re going to set up a recording studio and duplication room in our living room! God is so awesome!

So here we are a month from leaving and we’ve never listed our home, never tried to rent it, we just made one phone call and that was all it took. The name of the ministry buying our home is Common Ground Ministries. They have been working in the local prisons for 21 years. They travel the world, sing, evangelize, and share the love of Jesus everywhere they go. They have raised funds to build an orphan home in Honduras and have asked us to help them with their project there.

God is faithful and He honors the efforts of the just. As we turn our lives away from our own personal concerns and focus on the hurting, the suffering, and the lost, we go to the very heartbeat of Christ and there He is in our midst. If we are willing to reconsider the very station of our life, we find that our true life’s purpose, as faithful servants of the Kingdom, is to intercede for those who have not yet entered in. And there is great joy to be found in rescue.

I encourage you to engage in the issues that plague our world. Action is the next step for the Church. Together, we can change the world.

Jason Mitchell

“What we do for the world…remains through eternity.”