You Really Can Go Home Again

This weekend we had the privilege of speaking in our home church. It was Faith Promise weekend for Marysville Nazarene. We spoke last evening (Saturday) for the dinner, and then this morning for both worship services.

We saw many old friends, and met a number of new ones. The church is currently in a time of rapid growth; it is exciting what is happening there. We have only known Pastor Craig Laughlin through Facebook and email, which isn't a perfect way to understand a person; now that we've been with him, we have felt his heart for the gospel and his heart for missions. We are beginning to really feel that he is our pastor!

We were also very happy to know that the church exceeded it's goal for the Faith Promise pledges for mission giving for the coming year.

We have also enjoyed the hospitality of our friends Gayle and Ralph Yunker. Our friendship goes back to the days when we lived in Arlington. We got acquainted through Band Boosters at Arlington High School, where our sons were both involved in Concert Band and Jazz Band. They are Christian brother and sister, and love missions.

The final bonus is that my sister Cammi and her husband Denny as well as Judy's sister Jacquie have joined us here for the weekend, and we are going together for a week of vacation on Orcas Island. That is a very photogenic part of the world, so expect good photos here over the next few days.

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