Quick Post

I am still an itchy mama...The inflamed looking rash on my legs is fading, but hives still popping up every which way - Two matching rings on my behind! However, Dad got some benadryl last night and that seems to be helping. In retrospect, I am really not sure the problem was with the antifungal medication...May give it another try in a couple of weeks.

Ken and Jane Stewart are coming for dinner tonight so am sure we will have the usual lovely time with them. It is special to have old friends close at hand. He teaches NT at Covenant, but is actually trained in Church history, so has many interesting perspectives in many areas.

Finally, just a few quotes from the missions' conference that I collected and feel are worthy of being shared:
To be long-suffering, we must be long-bothered.

Mockery is what destroys missionary zeal.

By patient perseverance, the snail reached the ark. (Spurgeon)

80% of Bible college and seminary grads leave the ministry within the first five years.

The Canadian territory of Nunavit has....0 (evangelical?) churches.

The conflict principle is part of life this side of heaven.

In Somalia, the life expectancy of a new believer is 45 days.

One North African missionary reports the EVERY person who has come to faith through him has been martyred.

Missionary kids never really fit in anywhere.

It is excruciating for missionaries to watch their children suffering from tropical diseases - many very serious.

When Muslims take over churches, all crosses are removed. They say they can't worship in the presence of a cross.

And, of course, time is short and eternity is long!