“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” Matthew 24:14 GOD IS CALLING When will the Church finish the work Jesus left for us to do?  “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations….” Matthew 28:19a (NKJV) There’s a great big world out there, outside our own borders. According to Wikipedia , “The world population was estimated to have reached 7.5 billion in April 2017.”  According to Internet World Stats , the top ten (10) most populated countries today are: #1 – China with 1.388 Billion. Projected to be 1.301 Billion in 2050 #2 – India with 1.342 Billion. Projected to be 1.656 Billion in 2050 #3 – United States with 326.4 Million. Projected to be 398.3 Million in 2050 #4 – Indonesia; #5 Brazil; #6 Pakistan #7 – Nigeria with 191.8 Million. Projected to be 391.3 Million in 2050. According to these projections, India will become #1, China will drop to #2, the

Greetings from the Beautiful Northstate, F all is here! Here in Redding the transition from season to season is remarkably, wonderfully abrupt. Temps are rolling along at 105, 110 and then, boom, 80, 85.   Literally overnight.   Ahh, blessed coolness.   And the beginning of the serious outdoor season.   Mark’s still getting the hunting and fishing in Northern California dialed in but there’s a truism: the worst day fishing (or hunting) is better than the best day at the office! KENYA Well, the trip has been delayed. The presidential election in Kenya was pretty heavily contested and a lot of people were dissatisfied with the finances needed would come in. process so they’re going to be voting again.  Since violence is unfortunately common during Kenyan elections and things are already tense, Gordon and Mark thought it best to postpone the trip. We don’t have dates yet, but Mark expects to go some time between now and Thanksgiving.  Please pray for this trip, for Mark an