When I met Elise at seminary, I knew that I had a found a great wife but I didn’t realize that God had also connected me with a fantastic base to see His dreams of transforming slum communities into reality. Washington Cathedral’s mission is to become the greatest caring network the world has ever seen and Project Transformation is one arm of that. Without Washington Cathedral (which for one thing, supports our salary!) the Tegucigalpa Dump would not have two people working to bridge the gap between Honduras and the states and funnel resources into such a desperate community.
Washington Cathedral is paving the road for Christians to engage in God’s mission in a more relevant, appropriate way. It does so with a nod to the legitimate Christian communities growing in developing countries, it does so through reconnecting social action with the local church (which in some cases has been reserved to secular humanitarian agencies). It does so through mobilizing the local church to fully engage in God’s mission as a body once more, instead of scattered congregants each involved in their individual missions. I am so excited about what God is doing through Washington Cathedral’s mission both now and in the future, and the possibilities that this new Recreation Center will create.
A building that can build building. A larger space for the auction, quadrupling our fundraising efforts for Honduras. A magnet to the community to learn about this new wave of God’s mission. Though so many miles away, Elise and I are relentlessly praying and fasting that a miracle would occur and God would break down the barriers to the Recreation Center becoming a reality.
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