COMING HOME

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TOMORROW!! I REALLY THOUGHT I MIGHT BE HOME FOR THE FOURTH THIS YEAR, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. DECIDED TO WAIT FOR THE 5TH AND BETTER AVAILABILITY SO I DON'T GET STUCK LIKE LAST YEAR. I WILL BE FLYING OUT OF LONDON. THERE ARE SEVERAL FLIGHTS TO CHOOSE FROM THERE.

I UNDERSTAND YA'LL ARE GETTING TOGETHER FOR THE 4TH. GOOD ON YA'LL. HAVE FUN. DON'T THINK ABOUT ME. I'LL BE ALL RIGHT. ((

I WAS ASKED TO PREACH YESTERDAY IN THE AFTERNOON AT A CHURCH CALLED "ALIVE AGAIN". THE DENOMINATIONAL LINES ARE LITTLE MORE BLURRED HERE THAN AT HOME SO THEY DIDN'T TELL ME IT WAS PENTECOSTAL. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I GOT SOME TALKING IN TONGUES AS A RESULT OF MY PREACHING. SHOULD I CELEBRATE? NOT SURE.

READ MY "CRAZY LOVE" LAST NIGHT. REALLY GOOD.

LORD WILLNG, I'LL SEE YA'LL WEDNESDAY.

STEPAN

COLYA LOOKED AT ME AND SAID THAT STEPAN'S CHILDHOOD WAS SO TRAGIC THAT IT AFFECTS HIM UNTIL TODAY. THAT HAS TO BE TRUE. WE ONLY TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SOME OF THAT MUST BE LIKE. THE INSTABILITY OF NOT BEING WANTED AND WATCHING SUCH UGLY THINGS HAPPEN TO YOUR MOTHER MARK A YOUNG BOY FOR LIFE.

WE HAD MADE PLANS TO TAKE STEPAN TO THE REHAB CENTER, BUT HE WOULD NOT ANSWER HIS PHONE AND WE COULD NOT FIND HIM. I HAVE ASK COLYA TO KEEP ON TRYING TO FIND HIM AND WHEN HE IS MORE SOBER, THEN TAKE HIM OUT THERE. I KNOW YOU WILL PRAY FOR HIM.

I AM IN ESTONIA NOW AND WILL PREACH HERE SUNDAY AND THEN HEAD BACK HOME. THE BEST DAY FOR AVAILABILITY LOOKS LIKE TUESDAY, BECAUSE OF THE 4TH PROBABLY.

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