This past weekend I taught SS on the topic "For the sake of his name." My outline was:1. What is the meaning of "for the sake of his name"? (answer = advance Christ's interests)2. How does missions advance the interests of Christ? 3. What might it cost to advance the interests of Christ?4. What are the rewards for advancing the interests of Christ?This last point is a contested point, but I think

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We thank the Lord for the time he gave us in Sumter, SC with Sumter Bible Church. We had a good visit with the church. The Lord gave Michael multiple opportunities to speak: SS, Sunday AM and PM services, and the junior/senior Bible class at Sumter Christian School.We enjoyed making new friends. Viviane especially enjoyed Pastor Davis. They got along splendidly as you can see.On Monday we decided

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We spent a profitable few days in Tennessee at the end of February and beginning of March. We are grateful for the hospitality of our friends at Trinity Baptist Church in Franklin, TN. We enjoyed a morning service with them and then lunch with Pastor David Schindel, his family, and the Dale Baker family. We also enjoyed catching up with some one of Michael's former apartment mates, James Barnard,

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The gray minivan that saw Tim and Ruth through their deputation and that has seen us through several months of driving during our deputation has finally retired from pre-field mission work at 241,000 miles. Although gray seems to have some life left yet, we traded her out for a 2000 green Odysee that is being lent to us for deputation use free of charge. We are grateful for the Lord's provision

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