Monthly Archives: July 2008
Greetings from the Dominican Republic!
We finally arrived Tuesday afternoon and have now helped with two VBS’s. There are a lot of children, and it is quite interesting trying to talk to them with my limited Spanish. This morning we helped move a bunch of … Continue reading
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Layovers
Before leaving Akron for their departure flight out of the Pittsburgh airport in the wee hours on Monday morning, someone in the Dominic Republic mission team called the airport to confirm their flight once again only to find that it … Continue reading
Please Pray for Us
Stephen, Heather, Calvin and Nathan have each written short blog entries about the mission trip that they will be participating in with our church family on July 28th through August 5th. If you like to read more specific trip details … Continue reading
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Heather’s Departing Highlights
I came across this Bible verse the other day, and it has become my desire for our trip. We leave in a fewhours, so I don’t have time to write more now. Lord willing, I will be able to give … Continue reading
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Stephen’s Departing Statements
After I finished the missions course I took this Spring, I began to read through the second half of the book of Isaiah. As I read, I began to view my reading more and more as preparation for our upcoming … Continue reading
Calvin’s Departing Comments
In my personal Bible-study times, I have been reading through a commentary on the gospel according to Matthew. Just the other day I came to Matthew 17, wherein Jesus first heals a demon-possessed child and then later pays the temple … Continue reading
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Nathan’s Departing Notes
The apostle Peter shows us some very important things in his second New Testament epistle; He says: “…make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness … Continue reading
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Dragon’s Domain
Here is a riddle for you to work on while I am away in the Dominican Republic (see post below). What is a group of dragons called? Exampali gratius: a herd of cows, a flock of birds, a gaggle of … Continue reading
When God Looks at Me
When God looks at me, he sees a sinner and he sees a saint; he sees an old self and he sees a new self, he sees a pile of dry bones and he sees a Spirit-filled soldier, he sees … Continue reading
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How Sweet and Aweful is the Place
For the last couple of weeks, during the Sunday school hour at our church , one of the men in the congregation has been teaching our whole assembly how to sing in four-part harmony. While I was a bit skeptical … Continue reading
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Watson on Loving and Loathing
“Christ is never loved till sin be loathed.” -Thomas Watson, The Doctrine of Repentance
Destinación República Dominicana
If the Lord wills and so favors, in less than one month the four young people you see above will be found nowhere else but on a little island in the Caribbean, in the city of Santo Domingo. The four … Continue reading
