“But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. …Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.” I Corinthians 15:20, 23 (ESV) Greetings in the wonderful name of Jesus Christ. I trust all is well with you and all that pertains to you.  Later this month, we will be celebrating again the advent of Christ’s resurrection from the dead. This advent of His life causes us to remember, with joy and thanksgiving, the tremendous work He accomplished in His flesh for our redemption, crowned with Him being raised from the dead.  Not only that, but this advent also allows us to look beyond this life to the life eternal that we will be sharing with Him and all our fellow believers, because the power of His resurrection will have been realized in our own bodies. Our hope will be reality. Our redemption will be complete. What a day that will be!  May your Resurrection/Easter Sunday be glo...

Greetings from Beautiful Northern California! What in the world? Stuff blooms in February? 65, 70 degrees in the winter? That’s just not right! February is cold, single digit lows, snow, wind; not sunny, beautiful, shorts and T-shirt weather. Mark’s already thinking about getting ready for spring steelhead. That’s not supposed to happen before the end of March. Ahh, well, guess we can bear it. Seriously, this is great. No snow to shovel, daylight before 9:00 AM and after 3:00 PM, no studs, no ice... a person could get used to this. KENYA This is a good news/bad news thing. Good news is the trip is still on, bad news is we have to postpone. March just isn’t going to work. For one thing, the money just hasn’t come in. For another, Mark has to be here when we move into the manager’s unit. We’ve been offered the on-site manager’s position and it seems like a perfect fit. Good compensation and plenty of freedom to keep doing missions full time. Mark has already let the folks in Keny...