We arrived home late Monday evening, safe and sound and on time. Thank you for your prayers of support and your interest in these postings. Our last couple days in Beirut included some sightseeing and ongoing debriefing (our final debrief discussion in Lebanon occurred at our hotel, above; we...
It's been fun to watch our lead pastor in action in the mission field. Mark has been eager to learn, attentively listening to World Vision staffers as well as refugees and church workers ministering to refugees. He takes careful notes, either on his phone or laptop. If it seems prudent just to...
FROM JORDAN - I appreciated Mark's post about our visit with World Vision's Rich Stearns and his encouragement that Lake Grove consider getting involved. (I also liked the link to a background video that Mark provided). Here's more background (this time for reading), by Rich Stearns himself...
Since our vision trip takes us to the region of the world where we have long supported the faithful mission workers of Salaam International, it seemed obvious that I should try to visit our good friends Jen and David. Jen is an English teacher for Jordanians and Syrians and David is involved in...
Our team consists of 6 travelers. Though three of us are from Lake Grove, the other 3 men live in different cities - a World Vision executive (our team leader, Steve Haas), a Baptist pastor, and the director of a philanthropic foundation.Unable to meet in person for prep meetings, we have been...
What an honor it is for Mark, myself, and Alan Shiffer to represent the congregation as we follow God's lead into a hurting world. What a responsibility, too, to represent the Lord. Thank you, Lake Grove, for your support and prayers, and we thank mission team members LuAnn Yocky and Dave...
