WE ARE HEARING VOICES!

We are hearing voices....and we like it! In recent days, phone calls and Face Time visits have been pleasing gifts of departure.  Nothing on earth is as pleasant as hearing prayers offered up on our behalf for our safe travels and effective ministries.  Linda's Deaf Bible study signed a prayer of blessing, Jim's Spanish Bible study blessed him in Spanish, our BSF friends have covered us with prayers from the onset of our assignment.  We have heard the voices of our family, our friends, our church and their happy words of encouragement and support.
We have been sustained by our friends.

One missionary mentor for all of us is Paul of the New Testament, a First Century church planter and a man whose sole aim and purpose was to declare the gospel and establish churches where new converts could learn and mature during their Christian journey.
What made Paul so successful?  Simply put, he was sold out.  He even said about his own life,"...I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me - the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace."
(Acts 20:24) Those words became the wind in Paul's sails.   In the last days of his ministry, he set sail for Rome and the winds of his words transported him to his final destination where he was arrested, jailed and finally put to death in Nero's city. Scripture records that he had been sustained by friends throughout his journeys. For example, he was always welcomed by the churches, he was a guest in Lydia's home, he stayed with friends and worked in Corinth, he had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus, and he taught publicly from house to house. In Tyre, disciples and their families saw him off on his next journey and knelt and prayed with him on the beach. The brothers received him warmly in Jerusalem. In Sidon, his guard allowed his friends to provide for his needs. Christians attract each other. God never took His eye off Paul, and He ordained these supportive intersections and more to encourage Paul in his calling.

One of the most beautiful passages about Paul is with the elders in Ephesus, who understood what he was doing and why. In Acts 20:36-38, they knelt with him, prayed with him, embraced him...and here is the BEST part, ..."they accompanied him to his ship." That means they walked with him all the way!

This week through mid-August we will be serving at:
ENC  Junkerstrasse 68-70, Postfach 60, 8238 Buesingen, Germany

You have walked us all the way.  Thank you for accompanying us to our ship.

Keep looking up!
J:m and L:nda