http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org Danny Gutman Danny Gutman - Life Simplified en-us Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:50:12 GMT 30 http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=the-big-vid http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=the-big-vid We are back in the States. It has been an emotional last few days. Goodbyes are tough stuff, especially when it's with people you have been with everyday for the last year. I will miss my team like crazy. They have made this year absolutely incredible and have stretched and challenged me beyond belief. Here is our final video. It's hard to capture a years worth of experiences in a short video... but we do our best. It's a little long, but hopefully enjoyable. Thank you to all who made our year p Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=the-last-supper-week http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=the-last-supper-week     Hey Friends, I have moved from an amazing few weeks in Honduras to our last stop, Granada Nicaragua. It's our last week together on the World Race and there is a lot going through my head. Hopefully I will be able to put some of it down on the ol blog. Anywho... here is an exerpt of the book "Through Painted Deserts" by Don Miller. Some friends shared it with me today and it seemed to encompass lots of my thoughts right now. If you have a minute you might really enjoy Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=3D077D584E3740B9ACAF2133F0D372 http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=3D077D584E3740B9ACAF2133F0D372   Just a quick update on what's been happenin in here. As you may or may not know, we left Panama on June 10 and took four and a half days on the bus to get up to Guatemala. For the first time all year our team split up as the girls lived in a hostel for ten days while Kyle and I along with three other dudes spent a week of manistry living in the mountains. It was some good times with the guys. Aaron Bruner put out a video of our hike up an active volcano where we cooked ste Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=the-road-ahead http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=the-road-ahead     All my life I have yearned for divine guidance. I have often been one to worry about the future. I worry about money, I worry about loving my job, I worry about not having a community that believes in me, I worry about everyone else being better than me at what I am best at. If it's not one thing, it's usually another. I have spent a lot of my life worrying. Luckily I have also learned to carry on pretty normally when I am worrying about whatever I can find to worry about. & Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=he-moves http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=he-moves I must say... it's hard to live in the here and now when youre coming to the end of a journey like the one we've been on. Thoughts of the future and what lies ahead dominate my thoughts these days. I don't think I've check out necessarily, but rather, it just seems easier to think about the future right now. Right now I just feel exhausted. We've been away for almost ten months now. When I think about it, it's not that long of a time. But it feels like so much has been packed into these last te Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=finding-myself http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=finding-myself   Faith never knows where it is being led, But it knows and loves the one who is leading. -- Oswald Chambers Oh Oswald, thou doth speaketh to me... So I find myself in a place that I have never been nor could have imagined being. It is a place all together unfamiliar to me as I only thought it possible in dreams or in church sermons. As I type this I can hardly keep from smiling...reawakened I suppose to a immense sense of peace and zest for life that seems much more permanent than Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=africa-in-color http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=africa-in-color I havehad some people ask me to write more blogs about what we are doing with other people... not just about how my heart is. So although God is doing a lot in my heart right now, so I feel like I have a lot more to write about... we did have a lot of good ministry in Africa. Here is a brief overview... We started our journey in Mozambique with a missionary couple named Jaco and Maria Randolph. We added another member to our team for the month in the form of a rad 14 year old man named Micha Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=update http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=update Hey all, I'm in Spain right now, heading to Costa Rica tomorrow. It's sad to be leaving Africa but I'm excited for what God has next. I'm also stoked to try and use some of my Spanish for Jesus. I wanted to let you know that I made my support deadlines thanks to you all. So I will be finishing this thing out. These next three months are going to be intense. God has been bringing up a lot of stuff in my life, a lot of wretchedness. It's been a hard last three months in Africa, but I know he re Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=a-little-ditty http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=a-little-ditty Here is a little blog our girls put together... enjoy  We wanted to make a really special photo blog that would capture the really amazing, powerful, meaningful couple of weeks we experienced in Botswana. Seriously, it was amazing... but upon scanning our photos... it seems that it is more appropriate to do this photo blog. Here's a glimpse into another part of our world. Before we went to Botswana we spent some time in Pretoria and Johannesburg:   Normal Things: passing Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=a-video http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=a-video So I know its been a while since a video was posted on this thing. But below is a special video because is a Danny/ Sarah joint production. She asked me to put together a video of some of our little competitions in Mozambique. She told me she thought it would only take an hour or two. So two months later and a bunch of hours spent toiling... here it is. I would also like to know that we are well aware of the chessy Christian music playing in the background... what can I say... we have changed so Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=the-big-23 http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=the-big-23   I had a birthday this week. I am in Botswana. A Botswana birthday. It was a Botswana birthday to remember too. Birthdays have always been kinda funny things for me. I remember some that were awesome. At the same time though there have been a lot of birthdays where some of the saddest things in my life have occurred. In middle school on my birthday I remember waking up to find my mother in pain. She was pregnant and she asked me to pray for her baby. She had a miscarriage later that day.. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=going-home http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=going-home   Hey Folks, I'm currently in Africa and loving every moment of it. Communication has been difficult here so let me fill you in on where I've been for the last few months. We arrived in Swaziland at the end of January and spent a week or so going through teachings through some of the staff that have moved here and Tom Davis who originally got me into this journey. After this we drove for two days into Mozambique into a coastal city named Vilanculous. Vilanculous was absolutely amazing. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=whats-happenin-in-mozambique http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=whats-happenin-in-mozambique Hello from Team Less. Sorry it's been so long since we've written. Internet was off limits during out time in China and it's taken us awhile to get back to this. Since we last wrote we've arrived in Africa, done training for a week in Swaziland and made our voyage into Mozambique.  Jackie and Lindsey also celebrated birthdays in January and February!  Here's our latest update and some pictures for you Ministry and Team Activities - CF   The past two weeks ha Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=hows-my-heart http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=hows-my-heart It's been a while. It's been a hard first month here in Africa, so I haven't really known what to write about. Ministry has been awesome. We stayed at an orphanage in the bush for a few days. We have also been teaching and preaching at a local church everyday. God has been working on a lot of things. It's been burying me for the most part, but recently the burdens became a little different. I'm going back to simply writing out my journal. It is after all what I'm going through, the best and the Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=calling-on-angels http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=calling-on-angels   I'm still stuck on China even though we are currently in Swaziland Africa. Like most people I know, Africa seems to have always been on my heart for whatever reason. In fact, there have been a few season of my life that I felt like God was calling me here. It never panned out though. Now I am here. It's crazy to me. I don't think God lays something on our hearts without a purpose. There is always a reason if our desires our sincere and in line with him. Coming to this leg of the race the Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=first-love http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=first-love   The word of the Lord came to me: "Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: "'I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the desert, through a land not sown. Israel was holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of his harvest; all who devoured her were held guilty, and disaster overtook them,'" declares the Lord. (Jer 2:1-3) Back in the loop. Thank you all for your prayers. The last twenty days have been some of the most incredible days I hav Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=im-out http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=im-out Hey Gang,There is so much on this thing that I planned to catch up everyone up on, but we just received word that we are leaving into China in about an hour. So... please keep us in your prayers this month. There is a lot of warfare here. Continue to lift our team up in terms of unity and loving each other and pray also that God will rock us this month like he has never done before. We will be completely out of contact until around Jan 20, so please also pray for strength as we are without conta Wed, 2 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=team-blog-philippines1 http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=team-blog-philippines1 If you haven't already don't forget to check out www.becomeless.com. We bought a few goats for one of the families that we have bonded with out here with some of the funds we recieved. I can't thank my supporters enough for everything they have given to me and other people that I have met on this trip. Each day is filled with more relationships and faces who don't have many needs we would consider basic. There are a few other families we are wanting to buy chickens for. Once bought t Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=when-the-rich-meet-the-poor http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=when-the-rich-meet-the-poor Poverty and community are two things that have been enveloping a lot of my thoughts here in the Philippines. As a result my next few blogs will likely be many of the things running through my mind on the subjects. They may or may not be coherent, fascinating, or valuable in any way; but if nothing else, please check out the web site (www.becomeless.com) we put up in an effort to have our supporter join us in simply blessing people who are in need. You can also plug in to many of the ministries w Wed, 5 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=team-blog-philippines http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=team-blog-philippines   Our Team has put together a website at www.becomeless.com . It was made in the hope that our supporters could have more of a chance to be involved with what we are doing on the field via support or giving our contacts to others so that they can be used by others. Check it out if you have time. We are still working out some of the kinks so let us know what you think. Thank you for everything, with out you guys we couldn't partake in such an incredible journey. &nbsp Sun, 2 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=our-little-church-part-2 http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=our-little-church-part-2  So as promised I want to go through my other teammates. You can read the first part of this blog by clicking here. When I think about even writing this blog, it's amazing to me how much we have better come to know each other since that first week in September. If someone would have asked me the first month we knew each other to write a blog about them I would have laughed since coming into this thing I didn't even know their last names. Now however, it seems completely natural and the Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=team-blog-5-1111 http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=team-blog-5-1111   Spiritual Topics from the Week and How You can be Praying: SB Coming out of debrief our team is learning a lot about each other. We are re-energized about praying together each morning and just working on going deeper in our friendships. During debrief we were blessed to have Seth and Karen Barnes here to meet with us as a team, a larger squad and as individuals. They gave us some great practical advice about how to run meetings, how to deliver criticism to each other, and encouraged Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=our-little-church-part-1 http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=our-little-church-part-1 But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. (1 Corinthians 12:24-27) As we continue on the race it's inevitable that we will all start falling into our gift Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=sick-of-me http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=sick-of-me  I have been deliberately stalling blogging about my current frame of mind lately. I'm really not sure how to put all the things running through my head into words that make sense. Lately I have been overwhelmed on many levels. I'm overwhelmed by the dualism of seeing on the streets and in the provinces the poverty and neediness which has become a daily part of my life, and knowing that back home and throughout my life I have everything I've needed or wanted for that matter and more. Sat, 17 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=team-blog-11407 http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=team-blog-11407 Prayer requests SB TeamLESS would love for you to join us in praying for: New Life Fellowship Church:  Pray that they would continue to reach their community.  Pray that they would feel encouraged by us even in our absence.  Please also pray for the specific ministry areas we participated in:  The Xtreme Band, Youth Party, Church plants in the surrounding provinces, Slum Outreach, Children at Risk, English Classes, Pisit our pastoral contact, Mao and Man our tuktuk Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=eating-is-fun http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=eating-is-fun Here is a little video Lauren Morris from the June team put together of our travels. We are leaving Cambodia tomorrow. It's a sad thing. I have really loved the ministry and people here. Philippines are coming next. Please pray for our team that we will continue to come together. I am so blessed to be here it's almost overwhelming. Thank you to all my supporters for making it possible. Much love... Spider: It's What's for Dinner from Lauren Morris on Vimeo. Wed, 7 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=team-blog-2 http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=team-blog-2 A week in the life -CFThis week has been packed with amazing ministry opportunities. The church we are partnered up with here, New Life Fellowship, is an amazing church with many different ministries and ways to reach out to the community, meet physical needs, and share the love of Christ. Our time in Cambodia has been a lot different than our time in Thailand. As a team, we are split up throughout the day doing many different things. This past week, Danny has been teaching English and spending Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=good-mornings http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=good-mornings A daily occurance outside our apartment in Phnon Penh.Good Mornings from Danny Gutman on Vimeo. Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=hunting-in-thailand http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=hunting-in-thailand Here is a little video I intended to make a while back... try to enjoy it...                Thai Hunting from Danny Gutman on Vimeo. Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=the-killing-fields http://danielgutman.theworldrace.org/?filename=the-killing-fields One of the first things we did coming into Cambodia was we visited some of the Killing Fields and a school turned torture prison called Toul Sleng. Its been super heavy stuff that Im surely going be writing more about in the future after I have some more time process. For the moment, below is a video of our tour done by Lauren Morris, a June Racer, and a blog about Cambodia' s history during the Khmer Rouge genocide.                Tuol Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT