Church Planting Internship Wrap Up

It was one year ago today that I began this blog, seeking to chronicle my church planting internship with the North American Mission Board. While I have been negligent in recent monthly updates, I wanted to provide you with some reflections as my internship winds down. What have I learned this year? First,...

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A Fall Internship Update

This September was a busy one for me and my family. First of all, we had a lot of preparation to do for our first neighborhood alliance fall kick-off picnic. Over the summer, as I have gotten plugged in to our neighborhood alliance, I have actually become involved in the leadership of this community organization....

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Praying and Fasting in August

As I mentioned previously, my family devoted the month of August to prayer and fasting. This past month was definitely a time of drawing close to the Lord and seeking His guidance and wisdom. I am so thankful for the time I spent in prayer drawing near to the throne of grace. Christ has greatly helped...

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Intentionally Building Bridges

With my family's time in Utah earlier this summer, I have not been writing much about my church planting internship here in Kentucky. But I have not lost focus on my ministry here. Through the summer, I have sought to be intentional in building bridges with my neighbors. To begin with, I have continued to bring...

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Utah: Preparing for the Future — Fifth Video Report

Today is the fifth and final update about my family's Utah missions trip. In this video, I answer the question "What's Next?": http://youtu.be/euPWbtoFLK...

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Utah: Preparing for the Future — Fourth Video Report

In the fourth update of my Utah missions report, I want to share with you some of the key ministry leaders in the Salt Lake Valley that I was able to meet: http://youtu.be/vj4blhkj44U...

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Utah: Preparing for the Future — Third Video Report

In today's Utah missions video update, I focus on what my family learned about living and serving in the Salt Lake Valley: http://youtu.be/EXynhk9qIOw...

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Utah: Preparing for the Future — Second Video Report

In today's update about my family's mission trip to Utah, I wanted to let you know more about the evangelistic outreach that we were able to engage in: http://youtu.be/_W2KCNEcXgM...

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Utah: Preparing for the Future — First Video Report

With my pastors' encouragement, I have come up with a series of daily video updates this week to give a report on our time in Utah. While these videos are intended for our church family, I thought that you may be interested in watching them too. With this in mind, here is today's video: http://youtu.be/AAlXv6Y6LSE...

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Our Final Report from Utah

Since our time in Utah is rapidly coming to a close, I wanted to provide one final update before my family returns home. This mission trip has simply been amazing, and I thank God for all that He has done! Our Lord's Day was a true blessing. My family was able to join in morning worship at First Baptist Church...

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As Our First Week in Utah Draws to a Close....

As this week draws to a close, I wanted to update you on what has happened over the past few days. I am so thankful that God has allowed my family to come out here and am excited about our future ministry opportunities in the Salt Lake Valley. To begin with, we spent some time understanding the local context...

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The Divito Family's First Two Days in Utah

Greetings from Utah! As our second day in the Salt Lake Valley winds down, I wanted to update you about many of the ways that God has already been blessing our time here. ​We have spent most of our time so far meeting with other church planting families in the area. Yesterday morning, we met with the Fox family....

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Pray for Our Time in Utah

Today, my family is leaving for Utah. During our time there, we have several goals: 1) to engage in evangelistic ministry, 2) to meet with others committed to and engaged in church planting so that we can have a better understanding of ministry in their local context as well as develop key relationships, and...

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Another Fruitful Month in My Community

The month of May proved to be a very fruitful month as I seek to love and serve my neighbors. I thank God for the blessings which have taken place and am excited to see what He will do in the future! Let me share a little about what has happened. First, the warming weather has allowed my community group to begin...

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The Harvest is Plentiful, but the Laborers are Few

Here I am. Send me. ...

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Growing in Grace Through Loving My Neighbor

While I wrote my last update less than two weeks ago, as a new month begins I thought it would be good to write you again. But instead of focusing on the latest aspects of my internship, I thought it would be best to change things up and let you know about my efforts to reach out to my neighbors. As mentioned...

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Learning to Love My Neighbor

I want to begin with an apology. In starting this site, my hope was to at least write a monthly update on my church planting internship. Unfortunately, I never wrote an update for March and now April is more than half over! So I apologize, especially when I remember how many of you are praying for my family...

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An Exciting and Encouraging Month

Wow! Another month has already gone by in my church planting internship. Once again, I am thankful to God for giving me the opportunity to serve him through this opportunity. As I move forward in preparing to serve Christ in Utah, I continue to see many fruitful blessings poured out on both myself and my family...

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One Month as an Intern

It is hard to believe that I have just completed one month of my church planting internship! I am grateful for all of the encouragement and prayers that I have received so far, and I thank God for what He has been doing in my life. Let me tell you about some of the exciting things that have taken place. First,...

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