Going Global in Gresham

I am not quite sure how it all goes together...the fact that you can actually GO GLOBAL and still live in Gresham. I believe that it is not so much the geography that determines your global involvement as it is your HEART!! If the Scriptures says that "God so loved the WORLD..." that is really must mean the whole world, Gresham included... In our hearts we have turned this thought up side down... we limit our perspective of the whole world to only our immediate world... and we easily forget the WHOLE WORLD! Do we really have a choice? To forget the whole world? How do we become inclusive in our World vision? How do we GO GLOBAL in Gresham?
By staying informed, praying, connecting, reaching out, sending, giving and also going...... to the regions beyond, until the WHOLE WORLD has heard the Good News!!

Oregon in September

It is really hard to decide what Season we are in.....today the sun in shining, it is warm (and getting warmer)...the sounds of lawn mowers are all around, and it is plain out just nice. Yesterday was another story....rain, rain, and cold....and for the first time this Fall, we had a fire in our stove!! Now that is early!! But in order not to totally forget how beautiful post-summer can be here in Oregon...here are a couple of pictures for you.

The Answer

I will no longer keep you guessing...this incredible bunch of people were getting their picture taken at a recent Good Shepherd Staff Retreat...the photographer was standing on a ladder and everyone was told to look up...and smile!! There you have it....

What are they looking at?

Kristin and Trina

What great friends!!

Ten Years ago...

Well, it had to come eventually....the 10 year mark of loosing our son Jonathan. Monday, September 4th was that day. A lot of time has past, at the same time, it seems like yesterday. Some memories are still very vivid....something that is painful but also a gift, because memories is all we have until that day in glory when we will meet all those who have gone before. Thank you all of our friends out there who told us you were thinking and praying for us that day!! We felt it....We praise God for friends...and for memories.