He Will Be Called

Before heading to the village of Kar to visit my S@mogho friends, I was reading about the pr0phesy of J.s.s birth. Father's spokesman Is@iah declared G0d's promise to send a child--His Child to us. He said ,"He will be called: Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty G0d, Everlasting Father, Prince of Pe@ce." I began thinking about those names and pondering the purpose for which Father caused my sp1r1t to be drawn to those names this Christmas. I sensed Him inviting me to share this part of the Christm@s story with J@k. It is amazing to me that hundreds of years before J.s.s birth, Father told us to expect it. Then it happened just as Father had said and we know J.s.s today as Wonderful, Counselor, Mighy G0d, Everlasting Father, Prince of Pe@ce.
As we sat with J@k and shared this part of J.s.s' story with him, it was a part he had never heard before. He didn't know that hundreds of years before that Father told us he would send HIS Son to us. He didn't know these names of G0d's Son.
Join J@k, L0ri P, and I as we w0rship the child that was given to us! Stop to consider and pr@ise the One who is Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty G0d, Everlasting Father, Prince of Pe@ce! How has he been these things in your life? Give thanks to Him this season!

Unexpected tour of West Africa

My trip to M@li took several unexpected turns as I made my way from H0uston to B@m@ko. All was great from H0uston to D@k@r. Then while we were standing in the line to check in with our next flight, the airline manager announced that the stopover in B@m@ko was canceled due to no fuel to refuel the plane in B@m@ko. They had taken off 20 passengers and their luggage and decided to do something different with us--although they didnt have a plan. First, word came that we would stay in D@k@r for 3 days because there were no flights out until then. This was not acceptable to many because they needed to be in M@li before Monday. The negotiating continued with the possibilities of hiring a bus to drive us all night--not a good option as far as safety. We gave thanks to Father for not allowing this to happen. It was finally decided that we would fly to Burkin@ F@so and take an EARLY morning flight out from there to B@m@ko. So that is what we did. The airline got us to BF then with a little begging took us to a hotel where we could rest. Most of us had been up and traveling for 36 hours or more by this time. After a short nap, we were taken back to the airport at 1:30am and boarded a plane at 4:00am. While we were waiting for the plane, the M@li soccer team showed up with a huge trophy in hand to fly with us back to M@li. What fun to meet the team and have such a great time getting to know and celebrate with them....who knew I would become personal friends with the national soccer team of M@li. It sure made the unexpected tour of West Africa a lot more fun!!