Over two years ago I was asked by the Pentecostal European Mission group to speak on tentmaking at their upcoming missions course. Even though they did not have the finances to cover my flight, I made a commitment to be there as at the time it was under $900.

As the date came closer, the price of the flight was nearing $3000 which was way beyond my pay scale. Either it was by faith or by being reckless, I went ahead and booked it a few weeks before the course. By that time, it had dropped to $2000. The day before the flight, God provided for it in full.

Before leaving for Portugal, I sent out a prayer letter to my “One Minute Prayer team” (established in 2001), asking for people to pray that we would find key people at the course who would step up to be a part of a tentmaking movement in Portugal.

Imagine my joy on meeting one lady engineer. She was so excited about the tentmaking model which she had never heard about. She wanted to be part of a team to promote and inspire people from Portugal to become tentmakers. She made me promise to return for future courses which she would help to promote. Lord willing of course.

As my flight from Lisbon to Vancouver arrived very late in the evening, I needed to take my first ever Uber ride to my homestay for the night.

The driver’s name and picture appeared on the app which indicated that odds were good that he was a Muslim. It is rare to get a heads up that you are about to meet someone with whom you can share your faith.

Well, this time, I had 10 minutes to focus and pray for divine leading for a 20-minute ride.