Ya, it's about time.

Howdy Jungle Friends,

It really isn't about time, life that is. It's about people. Sure time is important, Paul calls us to redeem the time, but more so he means the opportunities, so again it is about people. But what I was really talking about was that poem I promised all of you last week, and now that the Internet is back, it is once again a possibility.

"The Product of Commitment"

Whatever the nightmare may be,
God wants to set me free.

What every my struggle is,
God can make me wholly His.

Whatever God has me do,
He will get me through.

Whatever God asks me to give in love,
He will send help from above.

Whatever I experience in tragedy,
God will show His mastery.

Whatever cause like take,
All is for Christ's blessed sake.

Now as the battle is fought,
With a priceless cost I have been bought.
That in the end God has this one thought,
In you I wish all blessings wrought,
For has God my salvation sought,
And in my last dying moments by surprise not caught,
For God's words have in all ways I've been taught,
That His promise is fulfilled to the last tittle and jot.


I pray this poem blesses you. It's kinda long for a motto, but it is somewhat of a motto for me.
Andrews is a wonderful place to be, but really it is the training that really excites me. Adventist frontier Missions seriously is the best, and I am not sure how other student missionaries do it. AFM is not for everyone, and we need to go everywhere, even to established missionary posts, because if those die, thousands are lost as well. Yet AFM in training and locations abroad is creme de creme.

God bless.
In His grip,
Eric Anderson

I am here

Hello friends,

    My grandfather used to say, "We are here because we are no where else". That's pretty profound for me. I have just begun training here at Andrews University for missions with Adventist Frontier Missions. It is God who has lead me here, and if he had not, I'd be somewhere else. Praise God. I have a poem I'd like to share with you, but I am in the lobby and it is not with me, so I will make it a little suspenseful and say wait until next time! 

    I have been enjoying training. Two days are done and already I have lots to do, think about, and absorb. God evidences Himself everyday. The challenges have been abundant as well, but that only builds character more! I appreciate all you who are praying for me. I'd also ask that you would pray for Suzy Baldwin and Urlike Baur and her husband who are ministering there already. I am going really to be a support to them in the capacity of young people. Servant hood is the ultimate goal! Thanks again for spending time reading. God bless.

In His grip,

Eric