Creasmans World

Thank you for your prayers for us on Sunday and Monday. Kimberly and I felt them, and the participants felt them. I kept telling the Lord I would not be satisfied with a great training course unless there was a sense that he was there ministering to people. After the four sessions, [...]

This Sunday and Monday, Kimberly and I are taking our CRM Singapore trained spiritual mentors away for an overnight refresher course. 27 of us will be going to a resort from 2pm Sunday until 4pm Monday. These are people who have gone through a yearlong mentoring network, then taken 40 hours of training [...]

We’re all going to be students this year:
Tyler in 9th grade at Marantha High School
Cameron in 5th grade at Jefferson Elementary
Kimberly studying theatre at Pasadena City College
Jim studying spiritual leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary
Now it’s time for us to get into a new study routine!
Tyler is the first to start, today. The rest of us [...]

Today we’re thankful for a healthy and happy 22 years together!
We’re entering a new chapter, with the upcoming year in Pasadena. We arrived last week after 21 hours on the airplane from Singapore, with a 4-hour layover in-between in Tokyo.
The grandparents were thrilled to meet us and take us to our new apartment [...]

Join us Praising the Lord with us for what He’s done in January!
Jim’s great week in Beijing. Enthusiasm growing among the Chinese Christians for outreach during the 2008 Olympics, and growing connections between foreign Christians and the Chinese Church. Praise God for this great opportunity for Chinese Christians to experiment with new kinds of community [...]

Ten Years Ago This Month…
After a year of exploring cross cultural ministry options, praying and asking advice, we made our decision to uproot from our home in LA, and move long-term to Singapore (via 2 years in China). Thank you for being part of the team of friends who encourage and support us as we [...]

Dear Friends,
As Christmas approaches, we’re not having much success at getting a Christmas photo…

but we are enjoying one another, seeing God at work in our lives and the lives of others,
and very thankful for your prayers this past month.
In November

6-12 CRM US President Sam Metcalf was with us for CRM [...]

Dear Friends,
We haven’t sent any pictures of life in Singapore for awhile.
I’ve collected some good photo memories of life and ministry for this month.
Join us in thanking God for his care for us.
Join us in praying for his continued provision, and his wisdom & grace as we invest the lives of others.

October 1 – Children’s [...]

Jim and I are off this afternoon to a nearby Indonesian island called BINTAN. With our CRM colleagues Keith and Lori Webb, we’re leading the teachers of ICS (the kids’ school) in a CRM Focused Living Retreat. Kids are staying in Singapore.
Recently I was asked to write a story about how I’m using Focusing Leaders [...]

How does one sum up 8 full weeks back in their home state?
Here’s my partial answer:

On the first morning, make a run for krispy kreme donuts.

Find the best deal on cell phones and start calling friends (get a plan that’s free evenings and weekends!).

Attend the CRM worldwide conference in Santa Barbara.
Get inspired by [...]

Thanks for your prayers last month!
Jim is especially enthused about two areas of ministry from this past month:

May 12, 12 & 13 – CRM Singapore Board meeting and launch of two new Focusing leaders Networks. We are seeing growing enthusiasm in CRM Singapore, with more new mentoring networks starting this year than ever before, [...]

Thanks for your prayers last month.
Jim had two especially meaningful weeks of ministry.

Jim in our old “home town” in China.
April 15-21 Meeting with other CRM staff in China, and helping lead a three day seminar for 30 ministry leaders. It was a great growth [...]

We were just finishing up our Easter week, as many of you were waking up to Easter morning…
On Thursday night we ate lamb indian roti pratas (flat bread) and dipped them in curry sauce while asking 5 kids around the table what they knew about that Last Supper night. Then we watched the [...]

RE: February’s SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST
We had a tremendous time at the CRM Singapore conference last Friday, March 3rd. 81 participants, including 19 senior pastors, were really moved by the plenary message and felt the workshops gave them practical tools to become more intentional about their growth and the growth of their followers.
Our Singaporean facilitators did [...]