us to things that we should be fo-
cusing on.
volved in ministry and being a
Salvation Army officer. But over
time, as you grow and mature,
study and allow God to speak to
you, it comes down to the prayer
that God would replace my heart
with His heart.
been my focus throughout my
life, being directed and fed from
God's Word, learning by listening
to other believers. There came a
point where God really gave me
a heart for souls. I realized that
what I was doing needed to be
from the perspective of serving
Christ and that my heart really
needed to love those people, to see
past whatever it is we're looking
at to the heart of those individu-
als, people created in the image of
God, who God values.
the needs of people. Jesus didn't
preach. He served the message,
He lived it.
are even more effective. I think we
need to be convicted of that and
really commit ourselves again to
the Lord and to His purposes.
people and training consistently.
majority, so it can be dangerous. I
believe that the Army was raised
up by God and I think that as long
as we're faithful to that mission,
then God will be faithful in open-
ing doors for us. The gospel is the
gospel wherever you are, in the
sense that Jesus said whatever
you do for one of the least of these
you do for Me.
my's. It's God's. The Salvation
Army is the medium that we do
it through, but ultimately the ser-
vice is for God.
IHQ to make sure those are the
best they can possibly be.
Army is huge. The advantage, in
Haiti for instance, is that we were
there when the horrific earthquake
hit three years ago, and we'll be
there after its over, we're staying.
and one of the biggest issues in
projects all around the world is
the capacity of people to imple-
ment various projects. Our capac-
ity building program in the future
will be critical, we think. Since the
Army routinely moves officers into
new appointments, it's about en-