Following our Sunday morning service this past weekend we invited as many from the church as wanted to come to join us at our residence for foodstuff and fellowship. Jill and I (although mostly Jill) prepared a hefty quantity of spaghetti along with water, pop, coffee, tea and many sweets then stood back and open the door. We had a swarm of guests from numerous countries.
I do not suppose the architect of this structure ever planned on so many people in one apartment. Either way, it was fantastic. Every last morsel was gobbled up and all enjoyed an extended occasion to visit with one another. The picture (left) is of some of the students that came.

Now it is Wednesday and winter has arrived. Yesterday we walked about 5 miles in below freezing weather to the center of St. Petersburg. It was frosty. Much of our journeys to and from locations here are by foot. So anytime we venture out it is bound to be a hike of greater than 4 miles (and that just gets us to the underground subway that they call ‘metro’ and back to our apartment again). It keeps us in shape!


Tonight we have a mid-week Bible study at our apartment and I will be taking my text from Matthew 5:1-2, 38-44. Verses 1 and 2 prepare us for the next 107 verses (or all of chapters 5-7). In those first few verses we see at least two things of interest: 1) A principle for church building, and 2) The power of mentoring. From there we shift to verses 38-44. It will be a pleasurable night to visit with the Word as the hub of our conversation.

If you have not visited our ‘You Tube” videos yet just click on the title below this entry and it will take you right to it. We are still looking at filling some open dates for when we are home in the Northwest between January and March. The dates that are still open are: February 1 or 22(am or pm) and March 1 (am or pm). We would be honored to come and visit with you. Any type of gathering would be wonderful. Let your imagination run for something new and out-of-the-ordinary run of the mill missions gathering. Let us know and we will work to make it memorable.

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