Thanks Terre Haute First!

We had a great Faith Promise weekend with the folks at Terre Haute First, Pastor Mark Fleschner and his family, Youth Pastor Jason and his wife and precious baby boy, Phil "The Pirate" Kruger and HIS family, Tom who did all the preparations for the Saturday evening dinner, and lots of others. This is a vibrant church which is retaining the good from the past, but being sensitive to new ways it can serve the Kingdom and its community.

In some respects, the weekend was a model of how God is at work in the hearts of his people and how missionaries like us get to be a tiny part of facilitating that work--kind of divine sub-contractors! For example (and we'll disguise these a little just to respect confidences): one young lady told her mother she wanted to come and spend a year at ANU; a proud Mom introduced us to her daughter who acknowledged a call to missions at NYC in St. Louis just a couple of weeks ago and had been awarded a denominational mission trip; a concerned woman came to us asking how she could help provide a scholarship to a young woman at ANU; a young dad had just acknowledged a call to ministry and asked to stay in touch in case his call might someday include missions. Praise the Lord for how he works in the hearts of his people! We're in the process of following up with each of these good people to help them discover God's will as it unfolds in their lives. Thank you Terre Haute First for making a number of Africonnections this past weekend!