conference

WHATTTTT a great weekend! Matt's family flew in, and we all drove to Indianapolis, Indiana for OMS's Missions in the Midwest conference. What a joy to see so many dear friends, prayer partners, missionaries and founders. Haiti was featured at the conference, and it was unbelievably humbling and touching to have over a hundred people stand as people who had served in Haiti at some point or another. We were joined by other missionaries from our current field...the Bundy family, Mary Lou and Joetta, Guenson, Kate Ti Louis and Louisa, Met Jaque, and also many dear friends...Charlie, Judy, Martin and Sharon, Hugo and Joyce, Ron, Dave and Ann, along with many friends from training, support raising, headquarters...

It was just truly a blessed time...to be surrounded by such a cloud of witnesses and among so many that have served 10, 20, 50, 60 years in mission fields around the world...from Kansas to Japan. It was so encouraging to swap stories of what God is doing around the globe, and to remember that each of us are just a small part of the body of Christ.

If you've been discouraged by current events, or wondering if God is still at work in the world, keep good faith. He is very much so still on the throne. The God of Abraham, Jacob, the God of Jeremiah, Isaiah, God of the disciples, God of the many who have died for Him throughout the years, God of you and I today...He is still God, still working miracles, still transforming people's lives, still making Himself known in the world.

I'll have more pictures coming soon, but here is pictured from left to right Matt's family, Hugo and Joyce of South Africa, Ron of Wesley Biblical Seminary and my father.