Today was a long day of travel. We were either in a car, airport, or airplane for much of the day. This is the third leg of our trip. We are visiting some of our brothers and sisters in another city.
Events @ First PresToday was a long day of travel. We were either in a car, airport, or airplane for much of the day. This is the third leg of our trip. We are visiting some of our brothers and sisters in another city.
Today was really great. It started out with Dale, our friend, and I eating breakfast at a nearby bakery with all of the staff. They stop work around 9 a.m. (more like 9:40, but who keeps track) and eat breakfast and invited us to join them this morning. There were seven of us crowded...
On today's journey we stopped in a town to look at an old church building that now stands vacant though it was once filled with worshipers each Lord's Day within the last hundred years. Our friend took us in to see this building and shared his hopes and dreams that some day soon...
One of our missionaries had opportunity to speak with three men who attended the service for the first time that day. He met with them for the better part of two hours after the service answering their questions about Jesus, the Bible, and Christianity in general. He was encouraged by the thoughtful nature of...
All our best efforts to build something eternal, with our own strength, fall like so many towers of Babel. But we do not put our trust in brick and mortar. We put our trust in the one who once declared, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it!" (John...
After 24 hours of travel we arrived at our destination and were greeted at the airport by one of our missionaries and his second oldest son. We had a great dinner last night with two missionary families, which included a very candid conversation about the challenges that come with sharing the Gospel in a...
