Good evening! I have no great wisdom, insight or even anything clever to share. However, I do want to give you a few updates.

Thanks to all who have responded here and on Face Book regarding my tribute to Phyllis Jones. Many have already heard, but for those who have not, there will be a memorial service at KCBT at 10:00am Wednesday morning.

Tomorrow, a group of ten of us head to Argentina for the CIMA 2010 student mission event. The event itself will be held in Cordoba, but since most in our group are students and have worked very hard to come up with the necessary funding, I thought it would be a shame for them not to see some of the sights. So, we will leave tomorrow and arrive Tuesday morning in Buenos Aires where I will show the around the beautiful Argentine capital for a couple of day and also take a day trip to Montevideo, Uruguay. On Friday we will fly to Cordoba and then fly back to Buenos Aires exactly one week later arriving back home in KC on Saturday, January 23rd.

Another group of students led by Chris and Thao Romero arrived back yesterday in good shape from Spain and Morocco. I haven’t had a chance to be debriefed on any details, but understand that it was a life transforming experience.

Wow! I was very encouraged by our services this morning. Our weather has been cold and snowy since before Christmas that many have been hindered from attending services. Today was soared into the 20′s with no snow! It was great to see everyone and the spirit in both services was sweet. We continued our Nehemiah study dealing with foundations of community.

It seems like readership of this blog spikes when I am traveling. So, I will do my best to keep you up to date as we travel. Several in this group have never been outside of the USA and I always enjoy seeing things through their eyes.