St. John's

Here's the recent update from Mexico:

We currently have a group of five serving in Mexico.  Here are some quick pictures.  We'll get more information on the trip in the days to come.  Please continue to pray for their work and the mission of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

I am a parent of a couple teens and every day seems to be a new lesson in the struggles of parenting.  This is not so much a complaint as simply and observation and relfection.  Raising my kids with appropriate Christian values and views of God, themselves, and the world is a constant stuggle.  But all of the work, I pray, will yield fruit.  Today, I highlight what a difference an Apple makes...

A recent article online at Newsweek discusses "The Christian mystery of physical resurrection."  The author, Lisa Miller, uses some observations about heaven to question the heart of the Christian faith, the resurrection of Jesus.  (find the article "Far from Heaven" here)  The resurrection is the heart of our faith and we often fall into a "yep, he rose from the dead" simplicity as Christians.  What I mean to say is that it might take a doubter of the resurrection for us to return to the

Recently I was at a gym sweating it out on a treadmill.  We have some great options in town and I love where I get to work out, wish I could be there every day.  So, after running and rocking out with some tunes, I went to the watering hole and saw a post on the wall - look at the picture.  As I read through "Purpose", I was struck by how the post used God in a way that gave me all of the control.  Let me tell you what I mean...

1/18/10  Hello from the India team!
(Here is our "Top Five" List of what has been going on throughout our India trip!)
 
1. We have been lifted up on eagles wings with all of the flying that we've done. Our first flight was over 7,000 miles! Our second flight only lasted about 3 hours and boy were we tired! The third flight a number of things could have gone wrong but GOD WAS GOOD! We safely landed. Thank you for all the prayers, we have many more miles to go, but God had brought us safely through Nagercoil and and up to Kodaikanal.

St. John's has a group currently in the El Paso/Juarez area.  More specifically, we have one in the Ysleta Mission area of El Paso and a group in Anapra (the old Juarez city dump).  I'll post updates as they come in.  Please pray for the group and those they are serving.

July 10 Update

Our team has arrived safely and will be sending short email updates which I will post on this blog as they come in...Stay Tuned...

June 30 - From Missionary Jon Muhly (in Russia)

The bus promptly departs tomorrow (June 10) at 2:15pm.  The annual 8th grade class trip to Washington DC will be under way.  This year, I will be joining the trip as a parent.  I've heard lots of stories from past attendees.  It's going to be a great time and exciting to see the place where so many important parts of our country's history has occurred.

So how many Easter services have you been to in your life? I hope you take opportunity this Easter to look back at God's faithfulness in your life through the years.  This is especially timely as we will focus on Mark 16:1-8 for Easter this year at St. John's.  Read it, paying special attention to Mark 16:7.