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Scripture Memorization, Week 4

By Encouragement

Each week this year, we are learning another verse from the Bible together. So far we’ve learned (or attempted to learn) three verses.

How are you doing?

I won’t share them all each week, but at this point you could easily catch up with us, so here are the first few verses:

Week one: Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23

Week two: In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps. Proverbs 16:9

Week three: You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Isaiah 26:3

This week is a continuation of last week’s thought process. This week’s memory verse is:

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We Are Different, Diversity Week 2

By Culture, Encouragement

year I’m doing some fun posts over select weekends in 2011 aimed at engaging my readership, but also learning from each other. The first one was a couple weeks ago. Read it HERE. I was leaving for Costa Rica and missed last week.

Some of these questions are serious and some are not. Read through the comments and see how different we are from each other.

The more comments…the more we get to see our differences.

Here are this week’s questions…

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Costa Rica Report, Part 5 (Seeking Wisdom)

By Church, Culture, Encouragement, Family, Missions

Our team of 5 men built and repaired a fence during our Costa Rica mission trip this week. We worked well together, developed great systems, and shared the same work ethics.

The generally agreed upon leader of our team was a man old enough to be my father. I know that, because he has a son my age. This trip Jay invested in me! What a blessing that has been!

I grew up most of my life without…

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Encouraged by Big Faith: Costa Rica Report, Part 3

By Culture, Encouragement, Missions

Jesus said faith as small as a mustard seed could move mountains. I’m glad God rejoices in small amounts of faith, but what can be done through those who, like Jesus’ disciples, give up everything to follow Him?

This week, our team in Costa Rica has be encouraged…and challenged…by the faith of two of our own… Jason and Kerby Harpst. Jason and Kerby are a precious couple, very special to Cheryl and me, who left our church this past year to begin full-time mission work in Costa Rica. Both were professionals, Jason an engineer and Kerby a teacher. They had a nice home, two nice cars, great friends, a wonderful church, the greatest pastor in the world (Okay, I threw that last part in…), but they had the “perfect” lifestyle in the United States.

This week we’ve seen first hand how much they’ve given up…at least as far as the comforts of the world….

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