Twenty one year old Shafia and her family were outcasts in their Pakistani village. They were poor, and many of their Muslim neibhbors scorned them because they followed Jesus Christ. People called them chura, which means ” lowcaste sweeper” . They were considered the lowest of the low. In Shafia’s village Muslim men harassed Christian [...]
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Two Women….. One was rescued
Posted: December 11, 2009 in Bible, Biblical Thoughts, Culture, Family Update, SpiritualityTags: Bible, Christian Community, Christianity, Faith, Family, God, Marriage, Religion, Society, Spirituality
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A Landmark Day in My Life
Posted: February 16, 2009 in Bible, Biblical Thoughts, Faith, Family UpdateWhat an awesome day at church. Today in services we took part in the Lord’s Table, and as a Deacon I have the oppurtunity to serve communion. That in itself is always an awesome privelege. But today held a special privelege for me, one that I will not soon forget. During the second service there was a [...]
You ever have those things happen to you, that you thought never would? For whatever reason you just thought that would never happen to you, despite how much you wanted it to. Well one of those things happened to me Sunday. I have the oppurtunity and the blessing to be called and ordained as a [...]
So tonight I come home from work and look at the lawn that needs cut. But I just don’t have the time. I need to get inside and change clothes and visit with my wife and daughter before returning to the youth services at church where I serve as a leader. In the short conversations [...]
My all time favorite television show, above Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and anything else is the televisin M.A.S.H. I can watch it all day, everyday. And on Father’s Day I think of one particular episode when Hawkeye learns that his father is going in for a difficult surgery. Half way around the world Hawkeye is [...]
Well I just got home and had the oppurtunity to spend the day with my daugher. But not just my daughter but her new cousin, Linda as well as her mother and father. It was so wonderful to spend a day with her. I swear I think her face must be hurting right now as [...]
Our God is an awesome God! I can not say that loud enough after a day like today. Where I have had the oppurtunity to witness his miracolous hand working! Let me set the stage. Approximately fifteen months ago my brother and his wife decided to adopt a little girl that they met while they [...]
