Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.29.12 in Personal, Travel
Yesterday Pastor Dan Coffin told me that after I preached for him at Small Point Baptist Church this morning, he would treat us to a genuine Maine lobster feast. He started by going to the dock very early today and buying 16 lobsters that had been swimming in the ocean yesterday. Then he steamed them in a large pot on his back porch. When we (…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.20.12 in Keep Believing Ministries, Pastors, Travel
This morning we start a major ministry trip to New England. A year ago Marlene and I spoke at a one-day conference for pastors and wives in Brunswick, Maine. A few weeks later we were invited to return to New England for three conferences in Connecticut, Maine, and Vermont.You can find out all the details by going to Church Focus New England. Each …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.17.12 in China, Keep Believing Ministries, Travel, Word of Life
On Saturday morning we leave for a week of ministry at Word of Life Florida. This marks the 19th year that I’ve spoken at the conference center. When we first went there, the center was at the end of a gravel road in the middle of nowhere. I remember speaking to 19 people one morning that first year. Now hundreds come for each session. The pr…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.5.12 in Churches, India, Travel
When you travel, things don’t always work out as you had planned.I’m writing this note from my hotel room in India at the very moment when I had planned to be finishing my sermon at the pastor’s conference. But our plans were waylaid when we discovered that this is a Muslim holiday of some sort, and they have planned a huge rally …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.2.12 in India, Theology, Travel
If you ever have a chance, you should visit the Taj Mahal.It fully deserves its reputation as one of the wonders of the world. Built as a mausoleum by grief-stricken Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in honor of his third wife, the Taj took 20,000 men 22 years to build. Except for the Shah’s tomb, which was added later, everything in the Taj is perfe…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.29.12 in India, Missions, Travel
On Sunday I spoke twice at the big tent that the local church had erected. To get there we wound our way through the city until we suddenly turned onto a compound owned by the Methodist Church. In the morning I preached to a few hundred. At night the crowd was considerably larger. Benny arranged things so that Josh and I arrived at the tent af…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.28.12 in India, Travel
We started with a real bang this morning.Benny said he would pick us up at the hotel about 9:30 AM. When he didn’t arrive at the appointed hour, we remembered his advice that in India you need to be like water, ready to “go with the flow.” As we stood outside the hotel, Josh and I watched the never-ending stream of people walking,…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.26.12 in India, Travel
7:30 AM Friday Mumbai, India Hard to believe but we are already on Day 4 of our trip to India. It took two days to get here, then we spent yesterday recuperating from jet lag (which by the way is very real) at a hotel in Mumbai. Josh and I came to India at the invitation of Benny Mathews, president of Alpha Ministries For those who do…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.10.12 in Travel
This summer I’m going to be the speaker for an Alaskan cruise sponsored by Camp Forest Springs in Westboro, Wisconsin. We’ll depart from Seattle on Friday, June 29 and return to Seattle on Friday, July 6.We’ll visit Juneau, Skagway, the Tracy Arm Fjord, and Victoria, British Columbia. We’ll enjoy luxurious accommodations …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 11.18.11 in Keep Believing Ministries, Travel, Word of Life
This picture tells you all you need to know.I’m in there somewhere, along with about 175 students. We took the picture after the final session on Daniel this morning. Since Tuesday I’ve had the privilege of teaching these students for 10 hours.Someday soon they will be pastors and missionaries. Someday soon they will be youth pastors.So…
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