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I don't have much time tonight as I'm preparing to leave for Uganda tomorrow (technically today) as well as thinking about dorm chapel in the morning. But I wanted to post one last time before the two-week pause. As I leave, I am reminded of James 4:13-15: "Come now, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow […]
January 23, 2006
Tomorrow I'm getting all my immunization shots and pills for my trip to Uganda. I didn't know there were so many serious diseases that were so easy to get in Africa. I guess I've wanted to go for so long and have thought so much about the needs and opportunities there that I never thought in detail about the […]
January 19, 2006
Speaking of Uganda, Cindi (my wife) has organized a great fundraiser to support a TMC summer missions team headed to Uganda this summer as well as our African adoption (which we are planning to be from Uganda). Every penny earned will support the cause of Christ in Africa, either short-term or long-term (and in the end, […]
January 17, 2006
For a long time, I have longed to visit Africa. I love Africa, as much as one can love a place he's never been and a people he's never seen. It's like the love I had for Israel before I went this past summer (a love which only increased and was proven to be a […]
January 10, 2006
The following letter is to inform our family and friends that we’re officially moving ahead with the adoption process. I thought it would be appropriate to share here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brothers and Sisters, Family and Friends, Cindi and I have been married for over three years now, and we wanted to inform you of some exciting […]
January 8, 2006
Fifty years ago today, missionaries Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, and Pete Fleming were killed in Ecuador while attempting to contact the Auca indians with the Gospel. They were driven by the highest ambition, and paid the highest price. These men are considered heroes in Christian circles, especially Jim Elliot because his […]
January 6, 2006
The following is from Justin Taylor, Theological Director of DesiringGod, who writes Between Two Worlds. By all means, please read it and pray. On Thursday or Friday the Bethlehem Baptist Church family will receive a letter from John Piper explaining that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The letter in its entirety is reprinted […]
January 4, 2006
Cindi and I spent the first half of Christmas Break in Oklahoma with our families, and have been back in California since last Thursday. We haven't been able to access the internet since we got back, which is why tonight's post is following one from Christmas Day. I'm not entirely sure what to write about […]
January 27, 2006
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