Sunday, July 12, 2009
What a blessing it was last night to visit together as a group with our families and friends. Thanks everyone for bringing everything and I hope no one left hungry.
Today, let’s lift up Charlie and Linda Campbell. Charlie and Linda are a vital part of our church’s mission ministries. He is our district UMCOR coordinator and has traveled extensively in that role and on other mission trips. In Nicaragua last year he was our construction coordinator and was even pretty easy to room with - as long as we got to sleep before he did – HA! Even though Charlie, nor Linda, are going to travel with us this year, we know they are praying and lifting this effort up.
It is amazing how close I personally feel to Charlie even though we don’t spend much time together now. Our lives don’t cross much outside of church services, but after serving together on a trip like this, you are just different. You learn things about each other. You see good and the not so good in each of us. The devil tests us. He tries to break us apart over petty things. But God is in control. The bond we have as brothers and sisters in Christ is more than sufficient to keep us together. Our team will be victorious in the end.
Things like last night help God build a team out of us. Continue to pray for all of us and I promise, we will all make friends on this trip that will change our lives forever.
See you at church.
Submitted by Richard Baker
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