Heading North

Posted by on 5.22.08 in Travel

I am writing this note at 5:44 AM on Wednesday morning. I’m up early because in a few hours we will be on the road again. We plan to spend tonight in Chicago and then travel tomorrow to Camp Forest Springs in Westboro, Wisconsin. That’s north of Madison, north of Stevens Point, and north of Green Bay. I’m …

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2009 Holy Land Tour Update

Posted by on 5.13.08 in Israel, Travel

Last month I announced that Marlene and I are planning to lead a tour to the Holy Land in 2009. I promised you that as as soon as I had any more information, I would let you know. After working with our tour company, it now appears that we will be going to the Holy Land in late October-early November 2009. We’re look …

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Almost Home

Posted by on 5.7.08 in Travel

I’m writing this note from the Memphis airport. After traveling over 4500 miles today, we are now only 85 miles from home. We started 19 hours ago in Prague. It occurred to me as we checked in that they probably don’t get many travelers checking their bags from Prague to Tupelo. We flew from Prague to Amsterdam …

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The Chicago-Prague-Tupelo Connection

Posted by on 5.6.08 in Travel

This picture was taken this afternoon in the Old Town Square in Prague. From left to right, that’s Josef, Simon, Marlene, Ray, Nika. The story behind the picture goes like this. Josef Marha is a professional hockey player from the Czech Republic. In 1998-2000 he played for the Chicago Blackhawks. During that time he …

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Josiah Venture—Spring Conference Picture

Posted by on 5.5.08 in Travel

Just before the conference ended yesterday, we headed outside for a group picture in the rock amphitheater. If you look hard, you can see Marlene and me on the very back row just left of center. JV missionaries serve from Estonia in the north (almost to Finland) to Serbia in the south (almost to Greece). Not many Christians …

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Final Session from Czech Republic Now Online

Posted by on 5.5.08 in Personal, Second Coming, Travel, Tupelo

Monday Afternoon 1:57 PMIn the basement atMiss Sophie’s inPrague, Czech RepublicI am writing this note from Miss Sophie’s, a combination hostel/hotel in the heart of Prague. After we finished the Josiah Venture conference yesterday, Marlene and I rode the train (about 3 1/2 hours) from Ostrava to Prague. We got …

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Audio from Saturday morning session in the Czech Republic

Posted by on 5.3.08 in Second Coming, Travel

This morning I spoke to the Josiah Venture conference on Spiritual Warfare in the Days. You can hear this session by going to the Audio section and downloading the file or listening to it on the mp3 players. It was one of those moments when I was aware that the Holy Spirit was at work during my talk. That doesn’t happ …

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Audio for Second Session from the Czech Republic

Posted by on 5.2.08 in Second Coming, Travel

We have just added the audio from this morning’s session on “Forward-Leaning Defense” from the Josiah Venture Spring Conference in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Click on the Audio button to hear this session.

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Audio for First Session from the Czech Republic

Posted by on 5.1.08 in Second Coming, Travel

We have just posted the audio from this morning’s first session at the Josiah Venture conference in the Czech Republic. I spoke on “A New Name for a Very Old War” as part of the overall theme—”Fit For Battle.” The JV audio team graciously made the audio file available for our use on the Keep Believing website. As you …

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Day 1 in the Czech Republic

Posted by on 4.30.08 in Travel

Door to door our trip to the Czech Republic took 22 hours. We made all our flights, had a bumpy ride across the Atlantic and a smooth flight into Prague where Jay Prager (an independent missionary) met us at the airport and helped us make the transfer to the train that took us to Ostrava. The Czech Republic is located more …

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