Dear Seattle Saints,Lori and I arrived home after a busy 10 days on the East Coast.  We arrived in New York on Wednesday evening and settled in to the three hour time difference (actually small considering our sometimes international travel).  On Thursday we had the opportunity to tour our Oceanside church building and spend a little time with their pastor.  This church is some distance from our B...  Read More

 Happy Saturday!It is the last day of August which means 2024 is now 2/3 complete and time is moving on quite swiftly it seems. This week I had occasion to have some time with several of our grandchildren and we entered into a discussion about we are governed by time and yet God operates outside the realm of time and is not constrained by it.  God choses to enter our time/space on a regular basis ...  Read More

 Dear Seattle Saints,I have come to realize that sometimes inspiration for my weekly note of encouragement comes from the view from my office desk at home.  As I have contemplated this a bit, I realize it is a bit of a metaphor from which we can possibly learn.   Some of the things which I see and even take for granted are always in their place and seemingly never changing.  These would include th...  Read More

Warm greetings,As we near the end of summer I have found myself making lists of a variety of things which must be completed before the fall rains begin and the days get shorter.  Many of those things have to do with building maintenance on the church as well as the church home.   I met a service representative at the church yesterday and he asked “How old is this building?”   When I told him it wa...  Read More

Greetings Seattle Saints,It is good to be home and mostly back on a “normal” schedule again.  Thank you for your prayers and support during our time in South Korea.  God has done some marvelous things for many of us during this summer and we are already looking forward to the good things the Lord has in store for us in the fall season,  although summer is certainly not over yet. With those words, ...  Read More

Greetings from Seoul South Korea,It is Monday morning here (which is still your Sunday night) and we are preparing to travel to the airport for our return trip home later this afternoon.   We have just completed a sweet time of fellowship at our South Korean Camp meeting.   Saints from our six Korean churches gathered at the Seoul church for a packed schedule of services, meetings, prayer, and fel...  Read More