Can't wait to get this one for my birthday! A favorite blogger, who writes about life and struggle through the players he idolized as a boy. The book is to be released on April 12, 2010.
A book that explores living in another culture from a very different point of view.
Michael Spencer, who died April 5, 2010, continues his wonderful work through writing in this book. I can't wait for the release and to get my own copy.
RECOMMENDED - A book on rethinking how we support and continue the work of ministry. Excellent, but challenging.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 6:48PM
Interesting video, full of truth we need to hear.
Friday, December 2, 2011 at 11:19PM It has been so wonderful to be in Arkansas this fall as the colors of the leaves were breathtaking! They have all blown away and we are having some cool temperatures now.
We have been able to see lots of our family members in the last 6 weeks with a few trips to Weatherford, OK, an early Thanksgiving trip to Decatur, AL with Elise's Dad and Barb to visit Elise's brother and sister-in-law,
and Ryan was able to come from CA to visit us over Thanksgiving! It was so special to be with our sons and Trey's family for Thanksgiving. It has 8 years since we have celebrated Thanksgiving with family! We truly are thankful for the extra time that we have had with family during this stateside assignment and look forward to celebrating Christmas and New Year's holidays with Elise's family in Austin, TX.
Both Ryan and Bret will get to join us for the entire Christmas break!
We are feeling much more settled at OBU (Ouachita Baptist University) and enjoying the students, opportunities to minister to them, as well as teach ESL (English as a Second Language). Thanks for praying for our trip with the International students to Branson, MO. It was great to be able to hang out with the International students for such an extended period of time. We will be helping to host a Christmas Party for these students this Thursday and have been invited to their party on Monday! PRAY for many more opportunities to share our faith in Christ with them and for the students to have open and receptive hearts.
Bret and his basketball coaches have decided it's best for him to red shirt his freshman year. He would only have a maximum of 5-10 minutes of playing time per game this year and Bret decided that he would prefer to have another year to get stronger, improve his game, and still have 4 years of playing time since he is planning on getting his Master's in Education. Thank you for praying for this very important decision for Bret.
This is the time of year when many Baptist Churches give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for IMB as well as other World Missions Offerings. We want to thank many of you who give to these offerings so that we can fulfill the call that God has placed on our lives to go and tell the good news of Jesus Christ. We have several opportunities to speak at different events as a prelude to the Christmas holidays...five to be exact! PRAY that God would give us His words and leadership as we seek to share our heart for the Lord, Europeans and for the world.
We pray that this Christmas season will be a wonderful time of pondering and experiencing the incredible gift that we have received in and through Jesus' birth, life, death and resurrection.
In His Love,
Trey and Elise
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 8:15PM Elise and I are preparing for a move to the 12th home of our married life. For a boy who grew up in the same house from 1st - 12th grade, that is a lot. For a girl who grew up following the oil, not so many.
Moving always brings the joy that comes from expecting great things in the future. We will also have the blessing of being closer to our family than we have been in a long time. Seeing our boys more often will be a lot of fun, as will being able to communicate more easily with them. Something about being in very different time zones defeats even the best intentions of skype.
Moving also bring the sadness of goodbyes. Elise has done great at methodically making sure she sees as many people as she can. I don't know if I can blame it on maleness or not, but I have not done quite as well. I ride her brilliance on this one and am thankful to do so!
Moving also brings a tinge of "what if" regrets. Questions about how I have spent my time and energy. Questions that I hope will move me forward and help me be more effective in our next place of service and ministry - Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas! Watch out, here we come.
Saturday, July 16, 2011 at 9:34AM Especially, as it relates to efforts at self-justification. Wall Street, American Banking, American Monetary policy, and issues around the Euro are particularly humorous subjecst.
Catch this great interchange (obviously pre-planned) during an Austrailian TV finance show.
Click here for a depressing read about the state of American economics with some hilarious quotes thrown in here and there.
Another great discussion about the debt ceiling. Forgive the fact that the guy is from the dreaded University of Texas.
Friday, July 15, 2011 at 10:14AM A basic principle I learned as a 23 year-old and one that has brought comfort and peace through the last 27 years. Thanks to Jerry and Marilyn Fine for hammering it home over these years and living out the truth of it. Mostly, thanks to God for being in control and the One I can turn to when circumstances say things are out of control.
Though we are moving from Europe, with plans to be based out of Arkadelphia, Arkansas until June 2012, God has given us peace. His burden is light. His joy complete. His peace beyond comprehension.
Come Down O Love Divine from fernando ortega on Vimeo.