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The move to Dallas has brought some surprises. Like this sign at the trail head, reminding me that being in your home country may pose way more danger than living overseas.<br />
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The scorpion on the driveway was a surprise, too. I have no photo of that, since it was at night. But then there are largish lizards who also think the driveway is a cool place to hang out.<br />
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And there have been really wonderful surprises. Like how many dear friends we've been able to see as a result of living in a place that's a hub for Bible Translation. Laura (below) and her family were in town in September, and they surprised me with a big cookie to help me celebrate my birthday!<br />
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That meant that Michael also got to spend time with his buddy from Davao, </div>
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catching up and sharing a little American culture.</div>
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This meeting with Donna was a total surprise. She came up behind me with a hug as I served coffee at a Bible Translation conference. I had no idea that she was even in the country! <br />
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And there have been visits from other
friends whose photos I neglected to capture, like Lorine and Xinia and
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Meeting Joan was incredibly special and planned well in advance. Joan has been a wonderful resource person for us ever since 2012, but we'd never met in person. When she found out that she was coming to Dallas, she graciously made sure to plan to get together in real life. </div>
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What a delight it was to hug you for the first time, Joan! </div>
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I had only "met" Joanna <a href="http://achoate.blogspot.com/">via her blog</a>, but had been so encouraged for several years both by her blog and through emails. I ran into her husband who let me know where they were staying (it happened to be the same fourplex where we were renting!) and for the first time we met - her family even invited us for lunch the next day! What a sweet surprise to get to spend time with you in person, Joanna!</div>
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and available to every tribe and every nation.</div>
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It's a good place to be.</div>
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What a sweet joy it was to head west for a little while and see family and friends.</div>
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Mark and I tag-teamed to spend time in the Seattle area, </div>
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bringing Michael in the middle for the wedding of one of his closest cousins.</div>
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(clockwise:) Michael worked to finish all his homework on the flight, freeing him to enjoy the time!</div>
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We loved seeing Mark's mom settling into her cozy new condo on Lake Washington.</div>
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Michael takes in the gorgeous view from the rooftop</div>
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Then precious time with Barbara's family before the wedding </div>
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(thanks so much for opening your home, J&C!)</div>
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(clockwise:) And an absolutely beautiful wedding.</div>
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The lovely bride relaxes after the photos</div>
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Sheer joy!! </div>
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The beautiful mother of the groom with Michael and Mark</div>
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Barbara's sweet auntie enjoys the chocolate fountain. </div>
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After Mark and Michael returned to Dallas,</div>
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sweet time with family continued for me...</div>
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...an elegant tea with some of my dear sisters, </div>
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and just-too-short times with some of my "grands" -</div>
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great nieces and nephews who are beyond delightful to be with!</div>
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I miss you all. ♥</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(and J, you know I'm blogging just for you! ♥)</span></div>
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I'm reminded again of how thankful I am to be in the US right now, and able to be with everyone at this special time. We're sad that Amy and Elise couldn't join us, but I guess this blog is for you, too, A&E, so you can see some of the faces of the family who missed you. ♥</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The translator told Gambarambi that
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Fifteen years later, at a United Bible Society Meeting in Zimbabwe, Gambarmabi stood
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<u><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">*Taken from a story at https://www.facebook.com/WycliffeDiscover?fref=nf </span></span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;">The unfolding of Your words gives light; </span></div>
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<span class="p"><span style="color: #45818e;">Psalm 119:130</span></span></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864298448748741983.post-6629107332178352582015-08-10T18:12:00.000-04:002015-08-10T18:12:03.567-04:00times and places<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">but will not encourage us to mistake them for home."<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span>-C.S. Lewis</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The time came</span> for us to move on from the "pleasant inn" on Isle of Hope in Savannah. Time for Mark to come and join the
rest of his team at the <a href="https://theseedcompany.org/">Seed Company </a>in Arlington TX, an affiliate of Wycliffe Bible Translators.</span><br />
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week before our move, Michael had an ER visit that resulted in a
well-bandaged hand. He still managed to fly his R/C craft
single-handedly <span style="font-size: x-small;">(below left)</span>, and to help out with the move. We're so thankful for friends who came alongside to help us in the fray! M&R <span style="font-size: x-small;">(below right<span style="font-size: small;">) showed us so much kindness, including bringing</span></span> a wonderful dinner our way on a busy night of packing. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Other friends just came by to spend time, and lend moral support and encouragement!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first leg of our journey took us to Statesboro, where we stayed for a couple of days to help Amy and Elise get settled in their home for the year. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Above left, Michael helps them hang blinds.) </span>On the road there, I was encouraged by the panoramic picture of hope the Father spread across the sky. In the midst of the clouds, the brilliant rays of light shone through. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(above, top) <span style="font-size: small;">M</span></span>oving again, far from so many we love is hard, but He is good, and He brings joy out of the darkness! He lovingly gave Amy and Elise a picture of hope of their very own - outside their back door, on a mostly dead rose bush, bloomed one single bud. Though we're separated, He's given them a place and time to grow and flourish.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All too soon it was time to do a final pack and say our goodbyes. I am convinced that God's people were praying for us, because He gave us calm hearts that morning, and a sense of peace through the parting. THANK you to all of you who prayed.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After two days on the road, Mark driving the U haul <span style="font-size: x-small;">(above top, through Shreveport)</span>, and I following in the Taurus, sharing Michael's company back and forth, we arrived in Dallas. Now we're moved into our temporary home (above), a Wycliffe rental property, and thankful for God's care and provision through the journey!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: small;">"... He determined the times set for them<br /><em>and the exact places where they should live.</em>"</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Though we haven't moved back overseas, we are still just as active in supporting the work of Bible translation world-wide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
Mark began work again today in Technology Support, providing technical help to
accelerate the work of making God's Word available in every language. What an honor it is to have a small part in God's work to bring all tribes and nations to Himself. We are deeply grateful to all of you who encourage us in this work! </span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864298448748741983.post-69575556758030450402015-07-07T15:20:00.000-04:002015-07-07T19:40:00.455-04:00celebrate<br />
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Summer is a season of celebration in our family, as 3 out of us5 have birthdays,</div>
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and then of course, our home nation celebrates its birthday too!</div>
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The birthday candles and the sparklers twinkle in the darkness, and I think about how much joy and wonderful good there is right here in the middle of being a family together. <br />
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These celebrations are mile markers; reminders to look back with thanksgiving, grateful to the God of life, the One Who gives each breath, each smile! And reminders to look forward with hope, to trust Him for the year ahead, full of unknowns, and full of opportunities to see His hand at work, faithful as the years are long!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">Last Monday, a
hero of the faith went home. </span><a href="http://www.elisabethelliot.org/about.html"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">Elisabeth
Elliot</span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> had fought the
good fight and finished the race.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Almost
60 years earlier, she and her husband Jim, together with 4 other couples, devoted
themselves to bring the good news of Christ to a remote people group in
Ecuador. The Waoroni (or Auca) people solved disputes by savagely spearing one
another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They abandoned inconvenient
babies, and strangled children to bury with their fathers who were dying of
spear wounds. “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In fact, outsiders were
not their greatest concern; killing within the tribe was so rampant that they
were on the verge of annihilating themselves</i>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1998/march2/8t3042.html?start=4"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">(Steve Saint</span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the process of getting to know the Waoroni, there was a disastrous
misunderstanding, and Jim and the four other missionary men were violently
speared to death by Auca warriors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">How could God
have allowed such a massive, tragic slaying of His people? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elisabeth’s response to this devastating loss
was to go, by faith, along with Rachel Saint, the sister of another martyr, to
live with the Waoroni, to learn their language, and to share the hope of
forgiveness and reconciliation through Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Now, 59 years later, the Waoroni tribe has grown to 8 times the size it was in 1956, and <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-intrepid-missionary-elisabeth-elliot-1435261809">about 1/3 of them are Christians</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are sharing
the gospel of Christ through a clinic, pharmacy and school for their own people
and as they host tourist groups in their region. (</span><a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1998/march2/8t3042.html?start=5"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">see this article on the Waoroni</span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">“Cruelty and
wrong are not the greatest forces in the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">There is nothing
eternal in them. Only love is eternal.” <br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">Elisabeth spent seven
more years in Ecuador, and then continued to share the gospel right here in the
US for the remainder of her life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
immersed herself in God’s Word, and shared it with us through </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=elisabeth+elliot"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">her writing</span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> and </span><a href="http://www.elisabethelliot.org/radio.html"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">speaking</span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Her calm, quiet faith will continue to bolster the faith of believers
into the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">Last Monday Elisabeth
realized the fulfillment of her faith, as she went home to be with her
Savior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And just two days later, a
gunman sat through a Bible study in Charleston, SC, listened without hearing
the Word of God, and in an unexpected way, eerily similar to the Waoroni
savagery, opened fire in a violent killing of nine worshipers. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">How could God
have allowed such a massive, tragic slaying of His people?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet the response of the church to this
devastating loss was, by faith, to extend the hope of forgiveness, and to urge a
repentant response to the gospel of Christ. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and the Lord God will wipe away
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">What impact might it have on
our nation, and even on our world, to see this kind of response from the church
to the senseless violence and destruction that evil imposes on us?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This sorrow is a sacred loan, entrusted to
us that we might use it for eternal blessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We wonder how God can allow such tragedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But perhaps the better question is, how can
God use this tragedy for the eternal, long-term blessing of His people, and for
His eternal glory?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">God's timing of the events of our
world </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">is engineered from the eternal
silence ...</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">it is faith he is looking for, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">a quiet confidence that whatever it is
he is up to,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">it will be a wonderful thing, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">never mind whether it is what we have
been asking for.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">- Elisabeth Elliot</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">A wonderful thing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We cannot in anyway describe last Wednesday’s
shooting in those words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish
what he loves</i>." (Joni Eareckson Tada) He hates the evil. But He’s at
work redeeming what seems like unmitigated wrong to accomplish everlasting
good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He desires in His people a
trusting confidence in Him, though His ways are not according to our agenda.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">“Our vision is
so limited we can hardly imagine a love </span></span></div>
<span style="color: #45818e;">
</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">that does not
show itself in protection from suffering.... </span></span></div>
<span style="color: #45818e;">
</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">The love of God
did not protect His own Son....</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He will not necessarily protect us – </span></span></div>
<span style="color: #45818e;">
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">not from
anything it takes to make us like His Son. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">A lot of
hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">will have to go
into the process.” <br />
― Elisabeth Elliot</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">Elisabeth’s hope was not that
her life on earth would be right and just and safe. Her hope was to be
like Christ. She chose to respond to the sacred sorrow lent to her by God with
words of praise and thanks<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">,</span></i><b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">even through her tears, </span></i>for His
eternal, untouchable gifts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God was
honored, and the hope of the gospel was on display. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">The Emanuel AME Church of
Charleston has responded to their sacred sorrow, lent to them by God, with
words of forgiveness and a call to repent, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">even
through their tea</i>rs. A fixed focus on the Father’s eternal, untouchable
gifts will empower them to continue to honor Him in their response to this
sacred sorrow, putting the hope of the gospel on display. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">Elisabeth’s tears have been wiped
away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her Father has replaced all the
sorrow with everlasting joy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"Last
week," </i>Goff (interim pastor of Emanuel AME) said,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> "dark powers came over Mother Emanuel. But, that's alright. God
in his infinite wisdom said 'that's alright. I've got the nine.' "<span style="font-size: x-small;">-</span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;">
CNN </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who knew the Lord are home with
Him, all tears erased.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">And the rest of us?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have a little while longer to use this
temporary scaffolding of sorrow well; to display the hope of the gospel, to be
purified and chiseled, and made like His Son before the loan is recalled and
replaced with everlasting joy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">And the ransomed
of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">everlasting joy
shall be upon their heads; </span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">they shall
obtain gladness and joy,</span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">Isaiah 51:11</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864298448748741983.post-60949674613537249882015-06-15T09:00:00.000-04:002015-06-15T09:18:53.317-04:00In the Midst of the Storm<i>Is it worth the risk many take to translate God's Word into a minority language in an unstable country? The following story, written by Wycliffe Bible Translator's President/CEO, Bob Creson, is a beautiful example of how God is at work behind the scenes, even through stormy times.</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Ma khân cũai yoc ễ sa-âm, cóq alới tamứng nhũang. </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Cớp parnai ca alới
cóq tamứng nhũang la parnai o tễ Yê-su Crĩt. </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Roma 10:17 </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="color: #76a5af;"><i>(Romans 10:17
in Bru: </i></span></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="color: #76a5af;"><i>So faith comes by hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.)</i></span> </i></div>
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On Monday, March 10, 1975, Wycliffe missionaries John and Carolyn Miller
were about to begin an eight month ordeal that would test every
Christian principle they had ever learned (Carolyn has since documented
their journey in her book, “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Captured-Carolyn-Paine-Miller/dp/0915684179/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434028702&sr=8-1&keywords=captured+miller">Captured</a>.”) The war in South Vietnam was
raging, and the Viet Cong, supported by North Vietnam, were gaining the
upper hand. Fourteen years earlier the Millers had started learning the
Bru language of Vietnam and Laos, and by 1975 they and their Bru
co-workers were in the final stages of checking the New Testament before
typesetting and printing. But the fighting kept moving closer.<br />
<br />
After
a particularly frightening night, John and Carolyn grabbed their packed
bags and, with their five-year-old daughter, sought refuge in a more
secure housing compound. The situation continued to deteriorate over the
next two days, and escape became less and less likely. John and Carolyn
re-sorted their belongings, deciding what to take into an unknown
future. The first thing they put into their single suitcase was their
most prized possession: the corrected copy of the Bru New Testament.<br />
Suddenly
the door of opportunity to escape slammed shut. As they stepped from
the house where they were staying, they were confronted by a North
Vietnamese soldier carrying a gun. Carolyn remembers thinking, “So this
is what a North Vietnamese soldier looks like!”<br />
<br />
Her mind must have
flashed back to the ordeal of their colleagues <a href="http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1901-2000/missionary-henry-blood-died-in-viet-cong-hands-11630824.html">Hank and Vange Blood</a>.
Hank and Vange had been taken captive by the Viet Cong in 1968. Vange
was quickly released, but for five years the outside world heard nothing
from Hank. By the time of their capture, the Millers knew Hank had died
in captivity.<br />
<br />
Now Millers faced captivity as well. John and
Carolyn, their young daughter, and several others from various walks of
life were loaded into vehicles and taken away. Over the next few months,
they were moved from camp to camp. They eventually ended up near Hanoi,
where their manuscript was taken from them. Eight long months after
their capture, they were released, but their manuscript was never
returned.<br />
<br />
Painstakingly, they reconstructed their work from
earlier manuscripts and in 1981, 500 copies were printed and sent back
to the Bru area. For years they didn’t know if these New Testaments ever
reached their destination.<br />
<br />
Finally in 1990, they were able to
make contact with the Bru community. Their first translation co-worker
met them in Thailand and brought with him a well-worn copy of the New
Testament! The books had indeed reached the Bru, and the Bru church was
thriving and growing! The Good News had spread to the neighboring
country, and people were believing despite persecution.<span style="line-height: 28px;"> </span><br />
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John
talked with a leader of the national church in an area where Bru
believers were experiencing persecution. He told of one situation in
which four Bru believers were put in prison and told to renounce this
“foreign religion.” Then he added with a smile, <br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>“<i>Four believers went
into prison; </i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>eight came out.”</i></b></span></div>
<br />
In recent years, religious freedom
has begun to expand. Legally there is religious freedom, though
Christians are still discouraged, even persecuted, for practicing their
faith. The New Testament has gone through three printings, and in 2014,
with the government’s approval, the whole Bible was published — the
result of a continuing partnership between the Bru believers and the
Millers.<br />
<br />
The Bru are using the written Word. They are also
downloading and sharing the Word in digital and audio formats. John and
Ethel Ligero of Wycliffe Philippines, in partnership with <a href="https://www.faithcomesbyhearing.com/">Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH)</a> and assisted by the Millers, made the audio recording.
The Bru can access it on FCBH’s smartphone app, <a href="http://bible.is/">Bible.is</a>.<br />
<br />
Ethel
says that when people hear the Word in their own language, they often
say, “We’ve never heard this story before!” From my experience, that’s
not unusual. While they may have heard the story in Vietnamese or
another language of wider communication, they don’t really “hear” it
until they engage with it in an accurate, clear and natural way in their
mother tongue.<br />
<br />
We read in Scripture that the Word — Jesus himself
— became human and made his home among us (John 1:14). Through the work
of Wycliffe and FCBH he is now going door to door calling Bru people by
name, in their own language. He is no longer a foreign God. He speaks
their language; he knows their culture. He is safe to trust.<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: right;">
-<a href="http://bobcreson.com/2015/06/04/in-the-midst-of-the-storm/">Article by Bob Creson</a><a href="http://bobcreson.com/2015/06/04/in-the-midst-of-the-storm/"> </a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864298448748741983.post-65962040979056398852015-06-12T11:50:00.000-04:002015-06-13T14:04:51.223-04:00summertime<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-family: georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif;">Then followed that beautiful season... Summer....<br />
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape<br />
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</span></span></span></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Point Pleasant campers, 2005</td></tr>
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<br />
We're treasuring being together again as Elise and Amy wrapped up their freshman year of college in May, and came home for the summer. <br />
<br />
They both are working at the same day camp that they enjoyed as children (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>photos left and below</i></span>) where they lead groups of girls, and direct the crafts or Bible lessons. There's something very special about being back at Point Pleasant again!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Point Pleasant campers, 2006</td></tr>
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<br />
<br />
They are both licensed drivers now (<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">finally! having lived overseas for their high school years, that process took a little longer it would have otherwise)</span></i> and they've co-bought a Ford Taurus (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>thanks to some help from their dad</i></span>) which will be necessary next year at college.<br />
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<br />
As a high school student, Michael can work just a couple of weeks at Point Pleasant. But he's filling his extra time with odd jobs in the neighborhood. And his earnings have funded some new remote control scratch build projects. Photos of those next time! He's got his driver's permit, so he's on the road to having a license a little earlier than his sisters did.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">early yard-work training, 2002</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864298448748741983.post-54586470235167220712015-04-09T19:21:00.000-04:002017-02-08T15:54:02.390-05:00udto udto<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: large;">A
few years ago, while cleaning our house in the Philippines, I found a little
snake in the living room behind our couch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was about 6 inches long, and very skinny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was pretty sure that it was harmless, but we
captured it in a jar, and Michael carried it up to the office to ask the
Filipino staff what kind of snake it was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37b3SZNtYyqgv6mzvjbmeIYOl8bNGy12REpft0MstZAzUrOAGyJ9l6psr_rpm6Xd9QAiza95bngZOSKMJlfjxFPucD0LvKItj2MBl1cf8DM7nw_0YmPBxq0dAZB_iqUSSVAZaN-uFFbuo/s1600/smallest+snake+front.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37b3SZNtYyqgv6mzvjbmeIYOl8bNGy12REpft0MstZAzUrOAGyJ9l6psr_rpm6Xd9QAiza95bngZOSKMJlfjxFPucD0LvKItj2MBl1cf8DM7nw_0YmPBxq0dAZB_iqUSSVAZaN-uFFbuo/s1600/smallest+snake+front.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i>“Udto udto,”</i> they told him; </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">"it’s so poisonous, if it bites you, you won’t last
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">We learned later that
they said the same thing about <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">every snake</span> anyone ever encountered there.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: large;"> They were lovingly encouraging us to </span><i><span style="font-size: large;">not take any chances with any snake.</span> </i></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: large;">Let's encourage each other <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">to not take any chances with any sinful thoughts, no matter how harmless they seem. Thoughts of discontent, fear, ungratefulness or bitterness can become equally poisonous to our faith, and they must be taken captive, replaced with thoughts and words of thanksgiving, praise and trust!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> 2 Cor 10:5</b></i></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864298448748741983.post-63503795792840421152015-03-24T16:15:00.000-04:002015-03-25T16:16:26.886-04:0015<div style="text-align: center;">
It seems like yesterday you were so small,</div>
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and today (is it true?) you are now 15.</div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Birthday, Michael!</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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You have brought incredible joy to my life...</div>
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and to our whole family.</div>
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Your smile is ever-ready, </div>
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even when I assign onerous Geometry proofs, </div>
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and order you to take out the trash, </div>
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there it is, </div>
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that smile that lights up the room.</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bFZ9TlgsFDuCww2bxMCsuFyYxIKZRdh2aGmrDPpMTLXLYFSsbM1OVum9ntALibA9JB5D1bD_vBRGy96ofewOeZb8tkgSFq-bOKwTetH3YQXYMTzAKikhhbFlqBApqX7ZAQA1hAZ5VCv4/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_bFZ9TlgsFDuCww2bxMCsuFyYxIKZRdh2aGmrDPpMTLXLYFSsbM1OVum9ntALibA9JB5D1bD_vBRGy96ofewOeZb8tkgSFq-bOKwTetH3YQXYMTzAKikhhbFlqBApqX7ZAQA1hAZ5VCv4/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" height="640" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">upper left: Michael flying r/c upper right and bottom: regional archery competition</td></tr>
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We're proud of your accomplishments:</div>
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of your aptitude and insatiable thirst for information about all things aeronautic,</div>
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for your precision in archery...and for shooting a 266 at State,</div>
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for your growing academic abilities.</div>
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We're thankful for your flexibility and positive attitude through so many transitions and losses,</div>
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thankful for your sincere care for others,</div>
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your desire to live honorably,</div>
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and to be pleasing to God.</div>
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<i>That could give us no greater joy.</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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We admire the man you are becoming, Michael,</div>
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and pray God's blessing and goodness will rest on you all the days of your life.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">I have no greater joy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"> than to hear that my children </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">are walking in the truth.</span></span></div>
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<span class="p"><span style="color: #76a5af;">3 John 1:4</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864298448748741983.post-51439163168825293612015-03-16T11:50:00.000-04:002015-03-19T08:28:37.333-04:00pull up a chair<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">and have a hand in what He's up to</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">as He makes His Word known throughout the world. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>He summons us to cooperation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </i></span><br />
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to participate in His good deeds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #999999;">-Elisabeth Elliot</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Philippians 2:13</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864298448748741983.post-33339800898287162982015-03-10T19:55:00.001-04:002015-03-10T19:55:35.265-04:00two worlds meet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 2010 we first began attending this little church under a mango tree</div>
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in Davao City. </div>
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We never even dreamed that just 5 years later </div>
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the pastor and his wife would be sponsored to join us in our home church </div>
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here in Savannah for a missions conference!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael, Amy, Elise, Mark, Barbara, Cathy and Vic at the Missions Conference</td></tr>
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What a sweet week it was, having them in our home,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
introducing our dear friends from the Philippines</div>
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to dear friends here.</div>
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Cathy visited the girls at college, </div>
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and we brought them home to share the joy for the weekend.</div>
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We were so blessed to have you in our home, Vic and Cathy...</div>
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the meeting of our worlds.</div>
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God go with you as you continue to bring His Word to your people!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864298448748741983.post-415318244092659782015-02-24T09:30:00.000-05:002017-02-08T15:50:50.224-05:00eyes at the window<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">One
afternoon early last year, as I<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">brushed my ha<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">ir in preparation</span></span> for a meeting at the office</span>, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sensed something was not quite
right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I turned around to find,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>two feet away through the always-open
window, an unfamiliar old Filipina woman watching me, her eyes pressed up to
the window screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thelightningman/5609066984/ </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">She was on
her way to visit my neighbor just behind our home, and she saw nothing strange <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">in</span> stopping to watch me brush my hair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We talked
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Are
my eyes on Christ in that kind of focused way?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do I long that much to know Him?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Do I take any opportunity I can to gaze on Him, </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and focus on His Words?”</i></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hebrews 12
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of the Word, observing the life of Christ, seeing His promises to us, hearing
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">“For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864298448748741983.post-31625683504147360022015-02-19T19:29:00.001-05:002015-02-19T19:33:42.576-05:00inner sweetness<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKxbgBYTl-PMi1lavnJ2SWfEpnttEwZxFeWUlP5iZW4u3Q7qte1Lmd97-WZFqru8Hnuet6S26v_tTOp81jdWpAvY58n33AVmnqfRftrqdV4rDiDV6mv6OqvdErLcuMOvr0qLceQT-Cfhe/s1600/IMG_5074+(599x800).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKxbgBYTl-PMi1lavnJ2SWfEpnttEwZxFeWUlP5iZW4u3Q7qte1Lmd97-WZFqru8Hnuet6S26v_tTOp81jdWpAvY58n33AVmnqfRftrqdV4rDiDV6mv6OqvdErLcuMOvr0qLceQT-Cfhe/s1600/IMG_5074+(599x800).jpg" height="640" width="476" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kenyan street vendor selling fresh sugar cane</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">How sweet are your words to my taste, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">sweeter than honey to my mouth!</span></span></div>
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<span class="p"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Psalm 119:103</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="p"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Bible is not an end in itself, </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="p"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;">but a means to bring men
to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="p"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;">that they may enter into Him, </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="p"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;">that they may delight in His Presence, </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="p"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;">may taste and know the inner sweetness
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<span class="p"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;">in the core and center of their hearts.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864298448748741983.post-85974051701269008762015-02-11T17:03:00.004-05:002015-02-11T17:03:59.435-05:00onehundred-fold<div style="text-align: center;">
Abegail sent the photo via Face book to Amy,</div>
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a picture of herself posed with the group of Compassion children </div>
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who she now serves in Luzon, Philippines.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abegail above, circled in yellow!</td></tr>
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<a href="http://us5earthenvessels.blogspot.com/2013/05/once-upon-time-it-all-came-true.html">Abegail, who was once a little Compassion girl herself,</a></div>
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is grown up, graduated from college,<br />
and living a life devoted to sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ<br />
with children from her own tribe through Compassion International, </div>
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just as the Gospel was shared with her.</div>
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This is the kind of story we love to hear,</div>
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as the Word of God transforms lives,</div>
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giving a hope that spreads hope to others!</div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">I have no greater joy </span><br />
<span style="color: #76a5af; font-size: large;">than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span class="p">3 John 1:4</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864298448748741983.post-43249731519847341102015-02-05T22:01:00.004-05:002015-02-05T22:03:32.088-05:00the other side of the world<br />
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As I write this, Mark is getting ready to wake up and begin his day in Nairobi, Kenya.</div>
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He's been in Africa almost two weeks now</div>
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at a translation conference. </div>
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In his Skype message to me this morning, he wrote: </div>
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<i>What a great group of guys. It's such a privilege to be doing this work, </i></div>
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<i>and to be serving with men like this</i>.</div>
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I've loved some of the photos he's shared with us, and thought you might enjoy them, too... </div>
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Of course, Mark is exploring this new surroundings on his morning runs, </div>
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and he came across this sign one morning.</div>
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It's a little different than the signs in our neighborhood. </div>
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Mark's enjoyed how friendly the children are, and how surprised to see him running by their homes!</div>
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Yes, he's really on the other side of the world...</div>
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...and the personalized Coke bottles look a little different than the ones at Kroger.</div>
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Thanks for your prayers for Mark, and for the others he's working with during this conference.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #45818e;">"Reading
the scripture in another language is like eating a banana with the skin on. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #45818e;">Now
the scripture in my language is satisfying . . . </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #45818e;">like a sweet banana. I can't
get enough of it!"</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;">-recipient of a newly-translated NT...</span><i><span style="color: #45818e;"> </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;">C</span>hristmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home. </span></span>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> ~Carol
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As overseas missionaries, we did find ourselves homesick at Christmas,
missing the special events of the season, missing our families and
friends. But being back in the US this year, it's pretty obvious that
it's not just those who are far away from home who feel this Christmas
homesickness. Maybe every human feels a little nostalgia, a longing for
what used to be, or for what never was; the ideal Christmases of our youth, or of our children's youth.<br />
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Maybe
that longing echoes a greater homesickness that we share in common; not
for a moment in time, or for a warm hearth, but for our eternal home. A
homesickness for glory, for our beautiful Savior, for the
peace and sinless perfection of our REAL home.<br />
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Sometimes storm
clouds block our view of Home. Tossed and flurried, eyes on the waves
and the upheaval in life, whether it’s political strife, or
negative attitudes, or more laundry on top of more appointments, or
sickness, I forget about HOME and about seeing Jesus, and about the
cross that paved our way there. But HOME is no less real because of the
distractions. <br />
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And the One Who slept in the manger in Bethlehem, who spoke peace to the waves, who hung on that cross and lives again is preparing a place there for us. One of these days we’ll be going Home.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>"In
My Father's house are many dwelling places;</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i> if it were not so, I would
have told you; </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i>for I go to prepare a place for you...” </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i> John 14:2</i></span></div>
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This
Christmas, we can look with faith toward that Homecoming, when we will see our
Emmanuel face to face. Until that day, may we be ever ready to share
His Word which illumines the path Homeward.<br />
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<i>*edited from the archives </i></div>
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Life in the U.S. is just not as exciting to blog about.</div>
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Elise and Amy have completed their first semester at college. </div>
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They've worked hard, made friends,</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(*MKs - missionary kids) </span></div>
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Michael's finished his first semester of high school,</div>
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and has been using his extra time to play some disc golf,</div>
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learn archery, </div>
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and cut into new foam board</div>
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to create small r/c planes perfect for the front yard.</div>
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It also means that it's time to put up some Christmas lights,</div>
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Though it's been a busy season for Mark in his work,</div>
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it's been a delight to hear the voices of all our kids laughing together again,</div>
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And now it's almost time for Christmas...</div>
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for a remembrance of the coming of our Savior,</div>
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and a reminder to come and adore Him,</div>
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for He alone is worthy!<br />
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We wish you all a season of joy!</div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Good news from
heaven the angels bring, <br />
Glad tidings to the earth they sing: <br />
To us this day a child is given, <br />
To crown us with the joy of heaven. </span><br />
<i>~ Martin Luther</i></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864298448748741983.post-82258016333492311852014-12-02T19:23:00.000-05:002014-12-02T19:23:24.845-05:00moonlight shadows<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">photo courtesy Seed Company</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 128;">'I feel
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<span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 128;">as if seeing the
shapes and shadows of things, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 128;">Now
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<span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 128;">For the
first time in my life </span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 128;">I can see clearly what is in the Bible.'</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 128;"><i>-new recipient of God's Word in his own heart language </i></span></div>
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I sat stunned as it sank in that the book of Isaiah <i>does not
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In 2011 our family lived for a week in a Na village. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Na people <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>shared their homes with us, cooked for us,
worshiped together with us in their local church, produced their very first VBS
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They have the entire New Testament, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the translation of Genesis is complete,</div>
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Exodus and Daniel are now being printed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<b>But not Isaiah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b> </div>
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And there’s still
no Micah or Deuteronomy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No Nehemiah or
Kings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of the Old Testament is
still a closed book to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><br />
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The Na people do not know, they have not heard, that the
Creator of the ends of the earth does not grow weary, or that to those who have
no might He increases strength.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Is 40:28-29) </div>
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They’ve never heard the majestic Messianic prophecies from Isaiah 53, of the man
of sorrows, acquainted with grief, the one on whom was laid the iniquity of us
all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </div>
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Though their righteous deeds are
like filthy rags (Is 64:6) they don’t know to ‘come now and reason together’ to be
washed whiter than snow (Is 1:18). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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I’ve begun reading Isaiah again with deeper gratitude
than ever before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m also all the more thankful for the faithful
partnership so many of you have shared with us as we, in our new roles in missions, support translators who work to erase
those terrible words, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></b></div>
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Together let’s make God’s Word known in every
language so that every tribe, every tongue may know the One who came as ‘a
light for the nations,’ that His salvation ‘may reach to the end of the earth!’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Isaiah 49:6)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">“The grass withers,
the flower fades, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">but the word of our God will stand forever.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">Isaiah 40:8</span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">*Na is a pseudonym for
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">**Note: Traditionally Bible translators have focused on translating the New Testament first, but there’s a growing
appreciation for the importance of Old Testament Scripture in understanding the
Gospel.</i></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864298448748741983.post-66742414371796530972014-11-12T13:36:00.001-05:002014-11-12T16:09:44.512-05:00better than diamonds<div style="text-align: center;">
Isko wakes while it's dark, and paddles out to sea </div>
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where he gathers his morning catch of fish to sell at the market. </div>
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On top of his basket of fresh fish, </div>
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Isko places a packet, </div>
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meticulously wrapped in plastic </div>
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to protect it from the oils and smells of his catch. </div>
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After laying out his wares in the market area, he sits back to wait for customers. </div>
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And as he waits, he unwraps his packet, </div>
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revealing a newly completed New Testament in Isko's native language </div>
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which he eagerly reads during lulls in business. </div>
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<i> "It's more precious than diamonds,"</i> Isko says.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"> More to be desired are they than gold, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;">even much fine gold</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Psalm 19:10</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #999999;">*Isko is from the "E" people of S.E. Asia</span> </span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: grey;">Long ago, on an
island far away, a man named John wanted to be able to read God's Word in the
language he knew best. It troubled him that other Christians could not read it
at all; that only very educated men could read the Bible in the elite Latin
tongue. John recognized that false teaching and theology were rampant in the church, and
realized that the ignorance of the common people was causing serious problems for the Christian faith. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: grey;">Even though John’s own
language was considered inferior and vulgar, John firmly believed that the Word
of God, as the only norm for Christian faith, should be accessible to the poor
and less educated people as well. The religious men of the day labelled John as
a rebel, as he and like-minded friends translated the Bible into the language
that we now call <i>English</i> around 1384.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Moses heard God's law in his own tongue;</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">so did Christ's apostles."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: grey;"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">-John Wycliffe </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: grey;">Aren’t you thankful
that John Wycliffe was willing to brave public opinion in order to translate the Bible into our language? Can you imagine only hearing the Word of God
in Latin from the pulpit each Sunday morning, waiting for someone more educated
to explain its meaning to you?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: grey;">Today, more than 600
years since John gave us the Bible in English, </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: grey;"><b>there are still over a billion
Bibleless people.</b><b> </b> </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: grey;"> Stop and think about
that. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: grey;"> <i>One billion people who have yet to
read God’s Word in their own language, </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: grey;">or to
learn for themselves the truth of the Bible as the only rule for Christian
faith. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: grey;">May we be faithful
<i>not only to share the Gospel,</i> the saving knowledge of Christ with the world,
but <b><i>the whole counsel of His Word,</i> </b>the
only means by which the church will grow in faith and obedience!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Christ and His apostles taught the people</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in the language best known to them...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">believers should have the Scriptures</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">in a language which they fully understand."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- John Wycliffe</span></span></span></div>
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"Are you all settled in?"</div>
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Michael and Mark stormed the Dollar Tree for sheets of foam board,</div>
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commandeered the dining room, </div>
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Then they flew those planes last month at an r/c event that they'd been looking forward to all year.</div>
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Michael had the opportunity to help in a larger community build during the event</div>
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in which they actually<b><i> flew a microwave. </i></b></div>
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Ask him about it! </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Or <a href="http://flitetest.com/articles/microwave-plane">watch a video about it here</a>, in which you just might see Michael</span><br />
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As well as more riveting home school studies like Geometry, Grammar, and Geography,</div>
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Michael is also learning some Electronics during his first year of high school, </div>
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mastering the soldering iron in his most recent lessons.</div>
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Elise and Amy<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (above)</span> are studying hard, making new friends, </div>
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and learning the football culture of the south as they attend college football games</div>
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and participate in the RUF intramural flag football team.</div>
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playing the season with a local Christian school's flag football team<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (above, Michael's #6)</span>.</div>
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The guys practice at the gorgeous Forsyth park in downtown Savannah...</div>
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where they played and prayed together, and enjoyed an undefeated season.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And i've been dabbling in watercolors...just for fun...</td></tr>
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It's that time again, to mark another year of God's faithfulness.</div>
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Two weeks ago I celebrated another birthday...very different from <a href="http://us5earthenvessels.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-end-of-adventure.html">my last one</a>,</div>
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but still so very good.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael's gift to me was a beautiful flowering plant...thank you, Michael!</td></tr>
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<i>By Amy's request, I'm recording some of it here for posterity.</i></div>
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How blessed I was by the loving remembrances of so many...</div>
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from my amazing extended family, </div>
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and cherished friends who showered me with love.</div>
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I am unutterably blessed. </div>
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Thank you to each one of you who took time to send</div>
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fun emails and texts and cards, singing to me at church, </div>
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making time to spend with me, and all the other creative ways you found to bless me... </div>
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THANK YOU!! </div>
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One of my most treasured greetings came from the O. family in Davao (above)</div>
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whose only way to contact me was to message Michael on facebook</div>
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and to tell him to wish me a happy birthday.</div>
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Sweetness.</div>
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To top it off, that evening Mark, Michael and I drove over to have dinner with Amy and Elise.</div>
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After dinner at the school cafeteria, we came back to their dorm room for cake and ice cream.</div>
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The subtle sign above (Happy Birthday to you in Tagalog!) </div>
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greeted us in the hallway outside their room. :)</div>
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And inside they had supplied more decorations.</div>
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That's my girls! ♥ </div>
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Together again</div>
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And though without transportation, these girls had found ways to bless me with gifts...</div>
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a cute mug for my morning tea (thank you, Lise!)</div>
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and a water color rendering of one of my favorite verses (thank you, Amy!)</div>
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Mark was behind the camera for most of the time, but Elise did catch us together too...</div>
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NO CANDLES are allowed in the dorms,</div>
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so we got a little creative with glow sticks... ;)</div>
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Fun memories.</div>
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