Thank you for praying! It has been an extremely informative trip. Internet is slow, so here are some quick bullets… Jon and I missed our connection from Heathrow to Istanbul. Which meant we were going to miss our connection to Antalya as well. We decided to cancel Liz’s flight to Antalya [we were meeting in […]
A couple of years ago I read Danny Wallace’s ‘Yes man’, in which he chronicles a year of his life when he said ‘yes’ to EVERY request that came to him. Yes it did lead him down some very dubious paths though he drew the line at illegal requests… It was a largely enjoyable read; […]
Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples! Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works! Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually! […]
Community, Generosity, Getting Involved, Life Together, Loving Arlington, Outreach 1
It’s June … thunderstorms and showers and the temperature is ramping up. So much is happening it can be a bit overwhelming: help here, do this, write that, serve them, watch those…. What do we choose when there are so many voices? So many needs? How do we listen to the one voice we need […]
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God’s beloved children, the orphans in our world, have been our outreach focus this month. Psalm 10:14b …to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless. The expansive heart of the Lord is vast. It can be tough to emulate the depth and breadth of His care. Knowing that His heart is […]
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The little girl standing next to Fiona in this picture was fascinated by her skin – she stood and stroked it for ages – eventually saying “your skin is so lovely, it is white like the mug” – Fiona had been hoping to acquire a tan whilst abroad so this didn’t come across as the […]
Raising well over double the money you expected to make during a one day fundraiser is a great reason to praise the Lord! That’s exactly what Casa Chirilagua and its supporters are doing right now. Thank you to all of you who have prayed and helped to completely demolish their original monetary goal! This is […]
Just home from traveling in Myanmar with my daughter Fiona and my head is full of words, sounds, smells, ideas, images – each one lingers for a moment: the scent of jasmine, the boisterous nature of the water festival, endless bicycles, laughter, orphans, paddy fields, rice, tea, more tea, temples, kindnesses from many people… And […]
Community, Generosity, Getting Involved, Loving Arlington, Outreach 2
If we did a word association test on Arlington County, ‘poverty’ and ‘need’ probably wouldn’t rank very high. Consistently ranked by Forbes magazine (alongside neighboring Fairfax, Loudon and Montgomery Counties) as among the nation’s most affluent places, it’s possible to live in Arlington and forget that there are still a large number of needy residents […]
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Can a gift change a life? I recently watched several of the videos on the Operation Christmas Child website showing joyful children all over the world receiving Christmas gifts in shoeboxes. They are amazing!! In one of these videos titled “Blessing Children and Churches in Sudan” something said by James Abdella in Lainya, Southern Sudan caught […]
