ON THE WAY TO MOSCOW

BY THE TIME YOU ARE READING THIS I WILL BE ON THE WAY TO MOSCOW TO PICK UP MOM AND THE "LITTLE GUYS". THOUGH I HATE THE TRIP, I WILL BE GLAD TO SEE THEM.

YESTERDAY WE WERE OUT AT MONASTIRSCHINA TO BEGIN OUR PROJECT THERE. WE WILL BE WORKING AT A CHILDREN'S CENTER THERE TO HELP BUILD AN ACTIVITY AREA FOR THEM. WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH MAXIM, A RUSSIAN BROTHER FROM GERMANY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, TO MINISTER THERE.

YESTERDAY WE REALLY JUST GOT THE LAY OF THE LAND TO GIVE JEB AN IDEA OF THE MATERIAL WE NEED. TODAY, WHILE I AM IN MOSCOW JEFF, JEB AND LUDA WILL BE WORKING ON GETTING IT ALL TOGETHER. THESE GUYS ARE GREAT.

PRAYER

“Most merciful God, order my day so that I may know what you want me to do, and then help me do it. Let me not be elated by success or depressed by failure. I want only to take pleasure in what pleases you, and only to grieve at what displeases you.
For the sake of your love I would willingly forgo all temporal comforts. May all the joys in which you have no part weary me. May all the work which you do not prompt be tedious to me. Let my thoughts frequently turn to you, that I may be obedient to you without complaint, patient without dejection, and serious without solemnity. Let me hold you in awe without feeling terrified of you, and let me be an example to others without any trace of pride.”
- Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274)

WE WANT TO LIVE LIVES OF PRAYER NOT JUST HAVE TIMES OF PRAYER. HOW WE DOING WITH THAT?

YES, I HAVE STARTED MY ANNUAL FACIAL HAIR PROJECT.

LOVE YA'LL. YA'LL LOVE EACH OTHER.