And On To Other Journeys...

Today we are scheduled to head up to West Monroe, Louisiana to spend the weekend with some other hurricane relief workers from across the coast. This is due to an effort by the relief ministry of Whites Ferry Road Church of Christ. I will also speak Sunday at both services of the University Church of Christ in Monroe. So, it looks like a busy trip for us. We're looking forward to it. Both of those churches (and others) in the Monroe area have meant a lot to both our church and our family. It is through a grant from the WFR Disaster Relief that half of my salary is being paid for the next six months. And it is partly due to the hands-on efforts of people from the University Church that so many great things have happened here at Central. Tex Nolan is a member at University - and he has become a dear friend to us. The work will continue on here at Central while David and Elaine, Margaret and I head up to North Louisiana. A crew from Pennsylvania is here - and what a lively and humor-filled bunch of folks. They are full of the love of Jesus. They will head back home Saturday, so we do not get to say good-bye to them. I hope they'll come back sometime when they can. And on another kind of journey, Margaret's Aunt Dot passed away a few days ago. Her visitation is tonight, funeral tomorrow. We loved Aunt Dot. She had a great sense of humor and gave a lot of encouragement and love. So, we will leave Monroe tomorrow morning and head up into the Mississippi Delta to Clarksdale for the funeral. That means we will miss some of the events planned for us in West Monroe, but that will just have to be. We're all going on the same journey that Aunt Dot has now entered. We must be prepared ... and we must do all we can to help others be prepared. Something I need for us to think about together is that I need some staff for Bible camp, June 11-16 (www.gcbc.us) . I suspect that most of the people we usually rely on for camp will be unable to take off of work, given the fact that most of them missed so much work just a short time ago. Let me know if you have interest in coming for the week. Of course you are welcome to bring kids from your church along if you like. I hope to be able to blog from Monroe, but we will just have to wait and see! God bless!