Here are some pictures from our Bridge Builders class lunch today. We had a great turn out and even adopted a few new members. We had the special honor of having Carmen’s mother with us. She lives in Lima Peru and is in town helping Carmen while she heals from her hang gliding accident. The Bridge Builders meet at Vision Baptist church on Sunday Mornings at 9:30. We invite you to come enjoy this exciting class with us.
Reading a stack of missionary prayer lettes this morning I came across the list of Bibles that Beams is trying to raise money for. Beams is an organization that translates, prints and distributes bibles to missionaries around the world. The current list of bibles needed includes 30,742 in various languages. Much of what makes up the number is a request for 50 or 100 bibles on a monthly basis. They also have recently shipped over 32,000 bibles in the languages of Africa, Mexico, Thailand, France, Togo, Nicaragua and Honduras. This is an amazing work and has my admiration. There is nothing more precious that we can give someone than the Word of God.
I also read the “blog” which is my daughter Kristen. She has had an especially diffiuclt week while being sick and trying to tough it out. I know that the Lord is working in her life while she is in Morocco. She talked in her blog about the importance of her devotional time. The time she spends in the Bible and how important it is that we make that time each day. It is preparation for the day when we need to draw upon its power to rise to the task that God calls us to.
That led me to wonder how many have bibles never get read. If you read the Beams letter you will see that there is a great need for Bibles all around the world. If you read Kristen’s blog you will see that you need to read your bible daily to preapre for what is coming. Maybe a read or donate program would be in order.