Highlights I

Betty and I often play a game (although she claims it is merely my schtick) called "Highlights". Goes like this... I usually ask, after an interesting or significant event, movie, meeting, trip, circumstance, or experience: "Well, what was your highlight?"

Although there were dozens of HIGHLIGHTS on our recent trip, It would take way too long to mention them all. So to be brief over the next few posts, I'm just going to share a few of the best. You have to understand that these randomly selected examples are only some of especial merit. If you insist on seeing all the hundreds of photos, we'll work something out at my convienence perhaps...

Without a doubt, one big highlight at the World Mission Workshop was having a chance to see and visit with men who have had a a powerful impact on missions, in the case of these two, in Africa. Monte Cox, standing, and Mark Berryman have done profound work for the cause of missions in Africa. Mark, in particular, was extremely instrumental in the selection and inception of missionary efforts in Togo, which is a great love of ours.

Being able to refresh such friendships and do a little catching up and a little dreaming forward is a large part of the lure of the annual workshop. With men like these two and many others as equally dedicated to world outreach, any congregation, indeed every congregation can be assured of having a significant impact in planting the gospel and establishing churches in key receptive areas, whether Africa, Asia, South America, or the USA.

Thanks, guys, for what you have done and for what you are doing. May your futures be filled with many missions and a multitude of newer missionaries.