Finally home!

Coast to coast with baby necesitates a few extra bags. We had an amzing time with my family in tx, and the team in boston really impacted our lives as well. Now we just have to unpack all this stuff!

Bryan McLemore
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The kid area was awesome.

Bryan McLemore
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Chicago bullpen

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The legend

Nolan ryan was a chidhood hero. I saw him play once in baltimore and he is almost as tall as this statue!

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
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Its umbrella day at ranger stadium

Bryan McLemore
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Kobe and makenna

These two are so stinkin cute waiting for their cotton candy treats from poppy.

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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The park is awesome. It feels like 100 degrees though

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
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100 Anderson Road
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Going to thr ranger game!

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
fax 707-252-9723
100 Anderson Road
Napa, CA 94558
www.globalpassion.net

Miche'le and us

We had a great time ministering with the team from Maine. Miche'le was on their team and was an example of their servant hearts...future gpm intern?

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
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100 Anderson Road
Napa, CA 94558
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Praying over pastor kurt as we say goodbye

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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100 Anderson Road
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Bakersfield team at marblehead

Bryan McLemore
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Steve is really good at this...a little to good

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Strawberry park outreach

here is our little cutie with another little cutie. We met Marina and her daughter at the outreach yesterday and just had a blast letting the little ones play. God has opened up so many doors in this neighborhood.

Our secret park in boston

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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Not a bad evening in boston

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This skyline is for glen- hang in there

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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Pray today was so powerful at the park.

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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fax 707-252-9723
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Michel'le and mutiara watching kayley

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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Ahhhh the good stuff

Why are christians usually only known for what they are against instead of what they are for? Pastor kurt said this last night and it resignated with my heart--tonight we spent an hor cleaning toilets. It worked like this: we would walk into a business and say, "we are cleaning toilets for free tonight-where are yours?" Then two would go clean while the others talked to the employees who wanted to know why anyone would ever do this. We would simply say that we want to make the city a better place, or that we want to show the love of jesus in a practical way. We would hand them flyers about the church and just do our thing and answer any questions. It was so different for me, and way out of my comfort zone. The effect ws remarkable. Business owners would try to pay us or give us stuff, but we were instructed to not take anything so the person could not buy their way out of thinking through the love shown them. People would just stare at us and smile, and I could see they were going to be talking and thinking about this for a while.

It also had an awesome effect on our students pushing them to serve in ways that were out of most limits.
Jesus said he came to serve and not to be served. How do we measure up to this standard?

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
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100 Anderson Road
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Aura is a nanny in the area that brought several kids to the park today

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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100 Anderson Road
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Cool drama-

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
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100 Anderson Road
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Strawberrery park outreach

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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100 Anderson Road
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Kendra and some kids at the strawberry park outreach.

The prople around here keep saying, they can't believe we are brave enough to come here. We are taking back the park baby!

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
fax 707-252-9723
100 Anderson Road
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Jen preping the team for metro kids program

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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Caman getting prayer on his break

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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Free prayer

It was a little awkard-and way out of my comfort zone, but several people let us pray for them. Afterward it was like a total transformation as they let down their guard and would smile laugh, and sometimes tear-up. The guy below was watching us from the store he wprked at and came out on his break to get prayer. His name was Caman

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
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100 Anderson Road
Napa, CA 94558
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This is going to be a dunkinlicious day

I am serious about my dunkin donuts coffee. I make sure every team I lead to boston has a cup of this nectar from heaven. It gets in their bloodstream and they are hooked for life. God is so good to us and the evidence is dunkin donuts coffee.

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
fax 707-252-9723
100 Anderson Road
Napa, CA 94558
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More bobby

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Global Passion Ministries
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Bobby bishop

Signed with universal records, bobbys hip hop is inspired by his experiences ministering on the streets of lynn. He lives across the street from whre we are staying- so he came over to do a live set for us tonight! What away to end our first full day of ministry.

Bryan McLemore
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Kayley having a blast with Carissa during debrief.

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
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100 Anderson Road
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First kids program in this park

About 20 kids and 10 adults, showd up for our first program--when we arrived there was a mom snorting cocaine at the picnic table while her kids played on the swings- we will be there all week to minister to the neighborhood.

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
fax 707-252-9723
100 Anderson Road
Napa, CA 94558
www.globalpassion.net

Food pantry

Tonight we have no time to rest-we r cooking for 200 people!

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
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100 Anderson Road
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Flyer distribution

Sweating for jesus- our flyer team was the best.
Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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fluffernutta

Boston team eating the wonder food you can only get in Lynn, ma---FLUFF!

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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Demo girls

Emily and Destiny from the bakersfield team tearing down the bathroom walls. Its hammer time!

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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100 Anderson Road
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Chiwawa victim

Megan, our first casualty-bitten by a chiwawa dog while cleaning a persons yard for jesus. I am happy to report that one of the team members sucked out the poison and she is going to live.

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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fax 707-252-9723
100 Anderson Road
Napa, CA 94558
www.globalpassion.net

Devotions -BOSTON TRIP

Pastor Craig inspiring the troops to be like david and his mighty men. We are surprisingly awake-the ca team lost three hours- and everyone is ready to hit the streets.

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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Lynn by the sea- BOSTON TRIP

Kameron, looking out over the city
Monday night. It was awesome to hear the boat whistles the bouey bells, the train engines, the planes overhead, all at the same time. We prayed for god to break chains this week. A third of jr high kids are affiliated with gangs, heroin overdoses are the highest in the country, and the spiritual oppression has closed most evangelical churches. We are believing God is going to do miracles in Lynn this week!
Bryan McLemore
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Where is dunkin

The bakersfield team arrives in boston. We are on our way to dnner then drive by prayer in lynn, ma.

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
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100 Anderson Road
Napa, CA 94558
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Ol fashion 4th

Grandbury, TX fourth of July parade. It was so powerful to watch the veterans on the floats salute the soldiers in the crowd. I am so grateful for the courage and dedication of our troops.

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
fax 707-252-9723
100 Anderson Road
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Give me a brazilian

Today, at the xtian book store amongst the books and dvds I found a few shelves of children. My first thought, was what a great idea, but the more time I process it-it just doesn't sit well with me. Having worked with orphans and sponsored kids around the world, I am so excited about child sponsorship, but selling them next to books? I would hate to hear someone say, "I,ll take these mints-and a hondurian, oh your out? Got any brazilians?" on the flip side the kids don't care how they get sponsored- they get to eat and that is all that matters...but on our end what perspective are we creating of these kids if we make them an item in our shopping cart? Sort of dehumanizes them...which destroys the very motive that should be driving us to sponsor a child. What do you think?

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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fax 707-252-9723
100 Anderson Road
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what is your dream?

Just finished reading this on the plane to TX. So many things impacted me on the topic of leading others. It is not just full of profound thoughts but he writes it as a fictional story that is a fast read. If you lead others or run a company, prepare to have everything you "know" about the bottom line blown away! Matthew kelly's organization was at a convention I attended this month and after we spoke online He decided to donate several books to the FUEL intern program. We are honored to have such support and I hope that we can work with matthew when he is in Nor-Cal again.

cockpit

On our way to tx thr kids got to meet the pilot. I guess I wasn't supposed to sit in his lap?

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
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100 Anderson Road
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We are off to the recital

Makenna is going to dance to "3 lil kittens"

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
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100 Anderson Road
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Faith day at raging waters in sacto

My famous bro and sis in-law singing at raging waters this saturday-chadandsandy.com Great weather, great friends and fam-great god. Sandy is due in a few weeks so she is hardcore doing this out in the heat.

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
fax 707-252-9723
100 Anderson Road
Napa, CA 94558
www.globalpassion.net

VBS Rocks!

Bren and kenna had a blast at the first christian church "midevil nights" vbs this week. It was so cool to watch them doing the motions and laughing so hard. We bought the new hillsong kids praise cd, and it is the coolest thing ever.

Bryan McLemore
Global Passion Ministries
707-252-9725
fax 707-252-9723
100 Anderson Road
Napa, CA 94558
www.globalpassion.net

Ice cream is so good on a hot napa night. Can't beat a dollar a scoop! Missing the interns though.

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Full redemption, partial transformation

Have you ever seen Shrek? Particularly that moment when Fiona and Shrek kiss at the end and she is carried up into a rapturous glowing transformation and then brought back down as her "true-self."
I picture that happening when someone encounters God for the first time and surrenders their will. Suddenly they are flooded with love, peace, and acceptance like they have never felt before and God fully redeems them and begins transforming them. For the first time a person gets introduced to their "true self," because God's purpose for their life comes into their heart. But I have often wondered why in that salvation moment that drug addictions are not totally dissolved, temper issues still linger, and Pride retains its grip.
I think it is because the Lord will later use these temptations and issues in our lives to draw us closer to him, by teaching us day by day throughout our lifetime that His ways really do help us overcome. If he did it all instantly, presto-chango style, then we wouldn't really learn to fight through things, to trust him in every circumstance, and put His word to the test.

He asks us to work out our salvation with fear and trembling.

Are we redeemed by the blood--Completely, are we transformed into a new creation--Totally, but not yet. It is like a seed God plants that has to germinate and then climb to the surface, struggling through the soil to reach the sunlight.

If you are feeling particularly imperfect today, relax you are on the right path.
Keep struggling! The sunlight awaits.

Mannys Jungle Adventure

Gpm Intern Manuel Coelho had an encounter with the jungle he will never forget...

http://manuelcoelhogpm.blogspot.com/