Wednesday Night on the Coast

The last few days have been an odd combination of getting ready for our session of Gulf Coast Bible Camp, relief work, visitation, and organizing the office. Since the office is semi-functional at this piont, my availability to people will increase. I have already had several great conversations with people and look forward to more. Tonight was just awesome. We had a full house for worship with groups from Lexington, Kentucky, Vernon, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma filling our pews. Chris Robey, youth minister for the Wilbarger Street Church of Christ in Vernon was our speaker. He did an outstanding job. Then a lady from texas and a teen boy from Lexington shared their thoughts about the mission experience with all of us. One of our deacons, Gary Boswell, wrote an awesome song called "They Came" about the hurricane relief workers. He and his friend Rochelle Harper recorded the song. When Marvin Phillips was here last, Gary and Rochelle played and sang the song for him at Gary's house. He took the recording back to Tulsa and someone made a DVD with the song and images from Katrina ... it was awesome. We played it tonight and everyone sat speechless when it was over. What a stirring presentation. I'll talk to Gary about getting that song on the internet somewhere so that you can hear it. I hope by now that everyone has heard Third Day's song "Cry Out To Jesus". It's playing on my computer right now... beautiful....stirring....heartbreaking....hopeful. Tomorrow we will head to North Mississippi for a few days with Maggy's side of the family having a reunion. A couple of prayer requests before closing... Marvin Phillips will have surgery on a coratid artery that is 90% blocked this coming Monday. Susan Carter is having tests run and may have cancer. Her husband, Ron, is an elder with the Hunter Hills Church of Christ in Prattville, AL. Ron and Susan are well known throughout the brotherhood because of their tireless efforts in Honduras, their work as church leaders, and their interest in knowing and loving all people.