{"id":246,"date":"2009-01-29T05:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T05:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2009\/01\/home-for-a-day-now-off-to-canada.html"},"modified":"2009-01-29T05:16:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T05:16:00","slug":"home-for-a-day-now-off-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/01\/home-for-a-day-now-off-to-canada.html","title":{"rendered":"Home for a Day, Now Off to Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I knew this month was going to be brutal, but this is getting ridiculous! I&#039;ve had a great day and a half home with the kids, but I&#039;m off to Edmonton to speak at Breakforth. I&#039;ll be taking Gracie, my 7 year &#160;old for some father\/daughter time. From Africa in the dead of summer, to a Canadian winter. What a temperature swing!&#160;<\/p>\n<div>This is the largest conference in Canada with 15,000 in attendance. I also just found out I&#039;m not speaking 7 times, but 10 times. At least 4 messages are the same. I&#039;m encouraged that this is a great opportunity to speak to people about global poverty and get them involved in Russia and Africa. After that, my speaking engagements keep me close to home until I launch an Ethiopian sponsorship in Fargo, ND, February 21-22.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>If you&#039;re in Colorado Springs, I&#039;m speaking at&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adaughtersheart.com\/keynote.html\">A Father&#039;s Heart Banquet February 27 &amp; 28th.<\/a><\/p>\n<div>You may have noticed a new book cover on the left of my blog.&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1589191021\/notefromthefi-20\">Scared &#8211; A Novel on the Edge of the World<\/a>&#160;comes out in June of this hear, put is available for pre-order now. Reserve your copy! On this trip to Africa, I relived so much of the story in that book. It&#039;s based on many of the true, though heartbreaking stories, I know of orphans and people there. It will transport you to Africa whether you&#039;ve been there or not! There will be a cool marketing campaign behind this book I&quot;ll make you aware of, including the creation of a campaign to raise $1 million dollars to educate orphans. They are the future leaders of their countries.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Posted a few pictures on Facebook from our&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photos.php?id=791064551\">Day in Mozambique<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Take care all. Have a great weekend and one last thing regarding the Superbowl: GO PITTSBURGH STEELERS!!!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I knew this month was going to be brutal, but this is getting ridiculous! I&#039;ve had a great day and a half home with the kids, but I&#039;m off to Edmonton to speak at Breakforth. 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