Well, i’m not sure this is necessary, but in looking over what i wrote for 2008 and earlier, it gives some kind of focus to what i’m doing in life, so decided to do this again this year, albeit, a bit late. Of course all the following is “Lord willing”. I sure don’t know what will happen tomorrow, but God does, and i want to follow his plan, even if it is very different from my own.
1. Start producing the 1858 Great Controversy book in 3D animated form. This will require me to get training somewhere, as i have no artistic talent, and also no concept of what is needed to do a complete movie. Fortunately, powerful software – TrueSpace – has been made free, so the money factor is much less than first anticipated for this project (Maya costs around 3,000usd per copy). Currently the dream is to go to India, train 4 or 5 young people (and myself), and get cracking on this. Hopefully it will be done within 2 years. But while i’ve been thinking about and dreaming about this – over a year has gone by, and there is absolutely nothing to show for it, except i’ve downloaded the software, and realized i have no clue what to do.
Last year i did find a nice 3D animation on youtube called Pilgrim’s Progress, that jump-started me into seeing that something simple can have a big impact, and LOOKS like it might be something within my realm of talent/knowledge.
2. Help get the Romanian 1858gc into print and distributed. This book is translated now, and after proofreading, will need to be printed and promoted.
3. Help if necessary for the Thai and Burmese 1858gc books. Probably this will not be necessary, but noone knows for sure.
4. See my brother in America. I haven’t been to America in 5 years, so it will be nice to see my brother and other friends. I especially am eager to visit people who are interested in this 1858gc, and study with them. I believe Agatha Thrash is, and know of one person in Illinois who is also.
5. If possible, go to Europe and try and find translators for other languages, like Spanish, French, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Italian, Czech etc. Also, i wish to see Ukraine, as this 1858gc book was supposedly the evangelism book of the year there in 2005, but there has been no reports of what happened.
6. If possible, it would be nice to spend a while in the Caucasus region again, pushing forward the 1858gc book there, and meeting friends i made last time there who have fallen away from the truth.
7. Find out what happened to the Chinese translation that got abruptly terminated in Malaysia last summer.
8. Pray more
9. Discern God’s leading.
10. Study the prophecies more.
Well, that is 5 points less than last year. Let’s see….. of the 15 points last year, i could do #9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, & 15. Not a very good percentage……But i did get close on #3. Oh well, at least that was the goal. Hopefully i can do better this year.
Dear Jesus, Please come back soon. This life has nothing for me. I appreciate the friends and Brothers and Sisters you have led me to, and i pray that i have been a savor of life unto life for them. Please save them all in your kingdom, and myself too. Please keep your promise to “add all these other things unto you” if i keep your kingdom and righteousness first. I want to keep my eyes off of things of this earth, and on you, and want to show you to others.
Amen.
Amen …