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God's Inefficiency - From Birmingham AL

I am writing to you from Alabama where we are attending a missions conference this week.  It has been a real blessing as we have had the opportunity to speak with and hear from an amazing array of missionaries throughout the world.  It has been valuable to gain some perspective and I can't help but write about it!

Maybe one of the most helpful bits of perspective has been the broadness of God's means of redemptive activity throughout the world.  The variety, complexity and the inefficiency (from man's perspective) of God's work is extraordinary.  In the midst of pondering these things in my heart J I was reading about God's covenant with Abraham in Genesis yesterday. God promised to Abraham when he was pretty old that he would be a great nation ...and then God took even more time (years) to actually fulfill that promise providing ONE child.  Abraham and Sarah were a bit impatient, but God began to fulfill His promise to Abraham in His (long) time.
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March 15, 2012 | 0 Comments | View or add comments
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SAN DIEGO!

We had a marvelous time in San Diego.  We had wanted to spend time there this year, but felt that our travel schedule was just too overwhelming. THEN one of our adopted daughters, Katie Dinwiddie decided to get married.  That was enough of an excuse to head to the warmth of southern California. We enjoyed an evening with several families that have worked at ABC, a party put together by Lisa Kowalski, another adopted daughter (one of our kids' teachers in Malawi).  It was so much fun seeing those folks and catching up.

In addition, we got to the beach one day where Janelle lost a ring!  Lisa said, "We will just put it on Craig's list"!  So, she did and some man called and returned the ring. He had been using a metal detector on the beach and found it. Amazing.
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January 21, 2012 | 0 Comments | View or add comments
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November Update

Dear Friends,


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December 6, 2011 | 0 Comments | View or add comments
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THE EAST COAST

Dear Friends,

Connie and I are traveling on the East Coast - NC and VA - for several days visiting churches that have expressed an interest in our works both in Austria and Africa.  Please be praying that these meetings will be helpful: They will be a success if we communicate the vision of African Bible College, music in missions and Musik-Brucken well to those who have taken their valuable time to listen to us.  And, they will be a success if it is made clear whether these churches should partner with us or not.

These are tough economic times and churches must be wise in their stewardship of God's capital and we pray and know that God will direct them in their desires to reach the world with the redeeming love of Christ.
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October 14, 2011 | 0 Comments | View or add comments
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