Friday, November 6, 2009

World Weekend!

This coming weekend, our sending church, Hope Church in Mason, OH, is celebrating World Weekend. Every year the church picks a weekend to lavish love on their local and global missionaries and mission partners. The weekend is filled with wonderful meals, time to share struggles and triumphs with other missionaries, time to share with members of the church about our ministry, and time to just be rejuvenated before returning back to "the field."

If you live in the area we highly encourage you to take advantage of the many opportunities to meet the missionaries and different organizations that Hope Church supports. I think I can speak for everyone that will be there, it is a tremendous encouragement for these missionaries to see face to face the warriors that are behind them and to know that even though at times they may feel alone and forgotten in their work, indeed they are not!

We are bummed that we will not be able to attend this year, as we have just arrived here in Bolivia and are still in language training. However, we are happy to announce that we will be skyping in the service on Sunday evening for a few minutes to share how things are going for us. We look forward to "seeing" you there!

3 comments:

Melissa said...

That sounds fantastic-- wish we had an excuse to be in Ohio!

Unknown said...

John and Jennie - We're looking forward to "seeing" you! It has been a wonderful weekend so far - great Thursday night orientation closing with prayers shared in English, Spanish, Japanese, and Russian.....I could have listened for hours! Friday was the dinner with the elders in the beautifully decorated Fellowship Hall, and this morning was the Men's and Women's Breakfast.
We miss you both! You are represented with a table in the hallway, and Pastor Gary has been sharing with each group the "secret" that we'll get see you and hear from you on Sunday night.
Can't wait!

Natalie said...

We will "see" you tonight!!