May God's abundant grace be upon you during 2010! As we seek to resource the work of the gospel in Eastern Europe and build a stronger bridge to the church in America, thank you for walking with us on our journey of faith.
Budapest
Buda Castle, Budapest
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Happy New Year 2010!
May God's abundant grace be upon you during 2010! As we seek to resource the work of the gospel in Eastern Europe and build a stronger bridge to the church in America, thank you for walking with us on our journey of faith.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Top 10 Photos of 2009
Photography is one of my hobbies. Here are my favorite 10 photos that I took in 2009.
Slovenia: the day after a big snow.
Slovenia: Our son Ben launching while snowboarding with his friends.
Hungary: the weak winter setting sun made this photo possible.
Colorado: Quentin's 9th birthday with all of his cousins (and siblings) on his mom's side. Someone said they all have the same smile.
Greece: This past June for the first time in 10 years, EB and I got away alone longer than a weekend. It was so hot that day. We sought shelter in the cool stone rooms while touring an old castle. As EB came through the doorless entry way I thought I was seeing an angel.
Europe: a summer time beach.
Greece: the moment at 5:54 am when the sun rose over the distant mountains on the Turkish mainland.
Austria: Our daughter Liz playing for her high school basketball team in the championship game at a tournament in Salzburg. Liz jumped so high here that you cannot see her feet; the bucket was good and her team went on to win both the game and the tourney!
Switzerland: I was at a 3 day meeting in October with my missions agency. The meetings were held at a Catholic monastery. This was the view from the patio where we had our coffee breaks.
Greece: I love the texture in this photo. It is as if I can step into this photo, run my hand across the stones and feel the porousness as well as the weathered door. At the time I took this pic I was studying Revelation 3:20 which has some great imagery involving a door.
GOD IS THE ARTIST; I AM MERELY THE TOUR GUIDE.
Slovenia: the day after a big snow.
Slovenia: Our son Ben launching while snowboarding with his friends.
Hungary: the weak winter setting sun made this photo possible.
Colorado: Quentin's 9th birthday with all of his cousins (and siblings) on his mom's side. Someone said they all have the same smile.
Greece: This past June for the first time in 10 years, EB and I got away alone longer than a weekend. It was so hot that day. We sought shelter in the cool stone rooms while touring an old castle. As EB came through the doorless entry way I thought I was seeing an angel.
Europe: a summer time beach.
Greece: the moment at 5:54 am when the sun rose over the distant mountains on the Turkish mainland.
Austria: Our daughter Liz playing for her high school basketball team in the championship game at a tournament in Salzburg. Liz jumped so high here that you cannot see her feet; the bucket was good and her team went on to win both the game and the tourney!
Switzerland: I was at a 3 day meeting in October with my missions agency. The meetings were held at a Catholic monastery. This was the view from the patio where we had our coffee breaks.
Greece: I love the texture in this photo. It is as if I can step into this photo, run my hand across the stones and feel the porousness as well as the weathered door. At the time I took this pic I was studying Revelation 3:20 which has some great imagery involving a door.
GOD IS THE ARTIST; I AM MERELY THE TOUR GUIDE.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Troop Surge Needed
Early December I was back in the United States recruiting laborers and resources for the work of the gospel in Eastern Europe.
Here we are strategizing with Cedar Crest Church in Dallas, Georgia about partnering together to take the gospel to unreached parts of Muslim Europe near the Albanian and Macedonian border. What significance! What importance! Investing our lives in new territory for the sake of the Lord! (from left: Bill Babione, with Campus Crusade for Christ in Eastern Europe; Brent Harrison [standing] of Experience Missions International; Wally Smith and George Wright, pastors at Cedar Crest Church; Eugene Simonov [standing] Campus Crusade's director of Moldova)
Here Eugene is showing a group of friends at Phil and Dianne Kopf's house where Moldova is on the map in Eastern Europe.
One of our church visits was to a church for Russian immigrants in Atlanta. Eugene was asked to speak since one of his many languages is Russian.
Laura Miller enjoys a bowl of chili at one of the several ministry planning parties we attended while in Atlanta.
I took this picture in my parents' town of Heber Springs, Arkansas. The local judge is convinced a new approach to fighting petty crime is needed.
Here is a great shot of Liz "boxing out" during one of her college basketball games that I attended on Dec 4th in Moberly Missouri. Check out the brief video below for highlights from that game; Liz lead the game in boards. It was absolutely wonderful for me to be able to watch her play!
Here we are strategizing with Cedar Crest Church in Dallas, Georgia about partnering together to take the gospel to unreached parts of Muslim Europe near the Albanian and Macedonian border. What significance! What importance! Investing our lives in new territory for the sake of the Lord! (from left: Bill Babione, with Campus Crusade for Christ in Eastern Europe; Brent Harrison [standing] of Experience Missions International; Wally Smith and George Wright, pastors at Cedar Crest Church; Eugene Simonov [standing] Campus Crusade's director of Moldova)
Here Eugene is showing a group of friends at Phil and Dianne Kopf's house where Moldova is on the map in Eastern Europe.
One of our church visits was to a church for Russian immigrants in Atlanta. Eugene was asked to speak since one of his many languages is Russian.
Laura Miller enjoys a bowl of chili at one of the several ministry planning parties we attended while in Atlanta.
I took this picture in my parents' town of Heber Springs, Arkansas. The local judge is convinced a new approach to fighting petty crime is needed.
Here is a great shot of Liz "boxing out" during one of her college basketball games that I attended on Dec 4th in Moberly Missouri. Check out the brief video below for highlights from that game; Liz lead the game in boards. It was absolutely wonderful for me to be able to watch her play!
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