T minus 16 Days

For freedom, Christ has set us free. (Gal. 5:1)

Wishing you all a safe Independence Day weekend.

As I think of all the freedoms that we have, I am humbled. It is a priveledge that comes with obligations. I was just reading a book simply entitled "Courage" this past week. It highlights numerous courageous lives throughout the last 100 years or so of international history. For the purposes of this book, the author chooses intentionally not to include heroic events such as the soldier who throws him/herself over a grenade, or someone who saves another from a burning building. The focus of this book is people who, over the course of a lifetime, kept noble, honorable, selfless (and often unpopular) principals and values to be the foundation of their speech and action--particularly when there was nothing to gain for them personally, and often everything to lose. Some of the characters were Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Nelson Mandela, Cicely Saunders, MLK Jr, etc.



I am so proud to be part of this adventerous group which chooses not to take the easy way through their "free" summer vacation time, but to build cultural bridges, literally homes, in order to share the love of Jesus Christ.

~Pam