Alex, Wayne Smith and I will be on our way to Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines.

The next week will be filled with preparation for the trip, as well as making sure everything here is taken care of and running well during my absence.

Your prayers are appreciated. Korea and Taiwan have never had the Leading Stewards Course presented in their nations. My hope and prayer is that it ignites a fire. Both countries have incredibly committed people that are rigorous in their pursuit of knowledge and process. It seems like this course could be a good fit.

I promise to keep the blog updated with up to the minute prayer requests, praises updates and video updates while we are on the road.

Training people to inspire change from consumers to contributors is not easy, but it’s especially difficult in a culture very different from our own.

Our leader in Malaysia (and a current student of our Leading Steward’s Course) just had an incredible opportunity to speak publicly on what God has to say about money.

This was done at a forum that was answering the question “What does religion have to say about money?” Malaysia is mostly Muslim, but has ties with Hinduism and Buddhism as well. Check out Erik’s recounting of the event below:
The Buddhist speaker was the first to speak and he quoted the Buddhist texts in Sanskrit which nobody could understand and talked about the concept of Karma: Cause and Effect. greed and good works. At the end, the speaker is of the opinion that the solution is within oneself. The answer is within you. If you look inside you, you will find the solution.

The Islamic scholar defined what is spirituality from the Koran and talked about the 4 levels of spirituality = iman, dakwah, obedience and piety. While acknowledging that God is the creator, mankind is the trustee. Islam is against greed. However, the issue of ownership was not resolved , who is the beneficiary and …

I remember him well.

He sat close to the front and had a lot of questions…

His name Artur Kalicki, and he was a part of our Leading Stewards Course in Poland. The goal of Leading Stewards is to raise up local leaders who can become the speakers, authors, trainers and writers for their culture on the subject of stewardship.

It looks like it’s working.

A couple days ago I received an email from Artur. As it turns out he was invited to speak on one of the local TV stations in Krakow, Poland-reaching thousands upon thousands with God’s truth about money. How cool is it to know that people all over the world are influencing those around them, helping to turn the tide from consumerism to contributorism in their nations.

I’m praying for you, Artur. Keep changing your world.

Recorded two days ago.. took a couple days to find internet and upload..

En Route to Malaysia from Alex Morrison on Vimeo.

Matt Elsberry on his way from Singapore to Malaysia