“There was not a congregation of the Lord’s people in the town, but because of the good work done by the churches of Christ, there are new Christians in the area now.”

I am always glar to hear of new people giving their lives to Jesus. Praise God!

But… do you mean that there was no Christians in this town gathering to worship the Lord prior to this? Or do you mean there was no Christian gathering as a “Church of Christ?”

Try going for a swim in alligator water. That is a thrill!…and awfully dumb.

Through the good work done, there have been a lot of people who are now serving the Lord because of a loving example of Christians. Also, good to see you back Rex, where have you been.

Already gone to the camp and am back now. It was a lot of fun! And yes, there was a guy I stayed with who snored. Apparently I snore pretty load too. Glad your gospel meeting is going well. Major tragedies like Hurricane Katrina can open wide doors for evangelism when we get out there and serve our fellow men. God bless.

Matthew,
Don’t worry about the gators. One bite of either you, Ray, or Poncho and they would spit you out! Thanks to all you for what you are doing. The prayers of the Hartsville Pike family are with you. III John 2

Matthew–I want you to know that I admire the way you are consistently kind and sweet with your words when someone disagrees with you or strikes at the language you used. I read your blog often, but have only commented a couple of times. I know when you write like this, you put yourself out there for criticism, but I still admire your kindness even though you know you’ll be criticized for writing certain things and using certain language. In this, you are showing the spirit of Christ.

Thank you Matt, you are one of the future best preachers in the church. If you ever do not go on the mission trip, every church in the brotherhood will be after you. You are one of the best.

I have been in the process of moving from Ithaca, NY to Willmar, MN where I am serving as the Evangelist/Preacher for the Kandiyohi Church of Christ. As a result, I have really not had much time to spend in the blog world (at least not commenting, I have been doing quick reads).

Any ways, one of the problems with blogging is that there is that communication is relegated to the written word alone, leaving the tone and body language of communication that one uses to the reader’s imagination. For those who don’t know me well, I don’t like language that can be (though not necessarily) construed as sectarian. That was why I raise the earlier question. But is was intended to be raised within a manner of respectful criticism rather than just trying to drop a derogatory gernade upon Matthew.

Whatever Matthew did mean by the comment, I still admire him for going and preaching Jesus, for I know that God is glorified and the Kingdom borders will have expanded because of his preaching the gospel.

Rex

Thank you Rex, and I know that a move is hard, I hate moving, too much packing. You are in my prayers.

Thanks man, but I think you probably overshot that one a bit. I just hope I can still preach in English when we come back.

Remember Poncho from your Hartsville Pike days? He’s in Civil Air Patrol (CAP) now. Came to my school not long ago for a presentation with CAP. Hope your trip is still going well.

Why didn’t you wrestle that gator?