Busy Weekend

Yesterday morning David and I joined our Pastor and his wife to go to our denomination's Conference in Findley, Ohio. We had a full day of reports, devotionals and fellowship. It was our first time to be delegates to anything like that so it was a new experience for us. Our church paid for a motel room for last night and our meals while we were there. The banquet last night was absolutely delicious and we enjoyed some excellent fellowship around the things of the Lord. We got to meet some new folks to us and were especially blessed by the opportunity to meet Don Dennison, the director of the cross cultural ministry and Marilyn and Don Peter, a lovely couple who minister to the churches in America about the importance of living out the great commission. We had a sweet time talking with them about missions and being encouraged by them since they have already been a number of times. One of the most special moments for me was the footwashing. It was a precious opportunity to remember together how important true servanthood is. David says that one thing that really stood out to him happened when the burning of the barn at Camp Otyokwah was being remembered. The board recalled how they felt like the Lord had allowed it to happen to force them to do something about the camp! David felt like the Lord was showing him that we at our church need to start moving NOW into what He is revealing about our church, instead of waiting till we are force to do so!

It was a very good time both yesterday and today and the fellowship with Pastor and Betty was wonderful.

Tomorrow David is preaching at Nettle Lake Church of the Brethren. We will also sing and share about our trip to Africa. Then we will be running to our church to catch the end of the service and share again about Africa. tomorrow is missions sunday i guess so we are going to be busy and having fun!

After dinner we will head to Ft.Wayne to attend our African Fellowship meeting. We always get so blessed by worshipping with them!!

so, we are praying that tomorrow the Lord will bless us with joy and strength.

blessings to all,
rebecca