12 Sept Chris writing in Monroe, MI...
Yeah, this town is where it all started for Lori and I... well, besides our being high-school sweethearts, getting married here, having 2 lovely daughters here and raising them in a pretty tight and loving community of family, friends and fellow travelers...
OK, this town was where the Lord birthed our Mission Call back in the late 1970's, honed it over the 1980's... then we were commissioned out of Redeemer church here in June of 1991... for what was supposed to be a 2-yr mission term, then return to this great town...
OK, that 2 yrs turned into 5 yrs that turned into... well, that was over 19 yrs ago. Ain't God funny??
SO I'm back here connecting with family and the majority of those that support and pray for us as mission workers. It's these guys who have made it possible for us to have served as long as we have...
Thanks 2 the Redeemer saints for such a warm welcome of fellowship and so many words of encouragement and love... I KNOW you guys stand with us in more ways than paying the bills!!
Some missionaries talk negatively about 'having to itinerate with supporting churches'... which is a bit of bunk to me... for me, it's more like telling the great GOD-stories of what we've been able, with the Grace and Provision of God, to do together towards the poor.... together as FRIENDS and FELLOW WORKERS...
[OK, let's not talk about the added benefit of enjoying a couple of White Castle hamburgers...] your bro, Chris
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