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August Amblings

Thursday, August 20th, 2009
One-armed founder of "God's Mountain"

Jack, the one-armed builder of "God's Mountain Retreat"

 

  As you will surely remember, the youth of my church in Missouri, la Iglesia Latina del Lago, and their Riverview Baptist counterparts were to take a “mission” trip to Tennessee in July.  Our two work projects were to paint the interior of a church and to help restore an elderly widow’s home back to a somewhat respectable condition. (more…)

July in Jefferson

Monday, July 6th, 2009
A Recent Trip to the Zoo (see below)

A Trip to the Zoo

After months of discussion and planning, the ESL (English as a Second Language) classes are finally under way at Riverview Baptist Church. For about a year now, RBC has made the Latin church here feel very welcome at their facility. The previous partnership that the Latin church had was not so favorable, so we are very grateful to have such a generous and cooperative host church in Riverview.  Although the interaction between these two bodies is still fairly limited, we have been working to change that and to see how Riverview can help La Iglesia Latina to extend its outreach in this community.  (more…)

May be June Too Soon?

Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Memorial day meal with my Latin friends

Memorial day barbeque, Latino style

About a month ago the Latin church posted a sheet where those interested in being discipled could list their names. By the end of the night there were already seven or eight people who had written their names on the list, expressing their interest in growing in their walk with the Lord. Interestingly, some of those who put their name down were not even believers. (more…)