London 2012 (Part 3)

Our children would sing for anyone who paid attention to them and people were blessed.  We attended an older style Church of England one Sunday and Victoria (age 4) sang Amazing Grace and then she and her siblings quoted a large portion of 1 Corinthians 13.  We attended Sunday services 4 times while we were in London.  We attended church many nights and often the services lasted several hours.  Our travel to and from the churches was always at least 45 minutes to an hour and a half.  The children get a prize for ENDURANCE and PATIENCE.  From the 2 year old all the way up to the oldest, we were blessed and amazed at the self control and sweet spirit of the children.  We recognize that their behavior had an impact on people from the moment we were on the first plane until we landed again in Dallas.  

Victoria singing Amazing in the fellowship hall of a Church of England

For us, this trip was a way to totally turn our attention to the Great Commission.  We had 20 days to think about what God calls each Christian to do and how we could fulfill that call with our lives.  We hope to continue to move forward in our efforts to impact our world for the name and cause of Jesus Christ.  We are Bible believers and we are not ashamed.  We came home and feel that America is our place and our mission field. We pray that God will use us to encourage other Christians to reach out and to fully embrace the Bible and the truth found there.  Scripture teaches "the truth shall set you free"  John 8:32

Waiting for the bus

One day, we led some friends to a McDonald's.  They asked us to help them get there because they were meeting up with others.  We went into the McDonalds, with no intention of eating there.  We haven't eaten in a McDonald's since we were in Russia, adopting 3 of our children!  Our 6 younger children have never had a "happy meal" in their lives.  We are "into" health and our business is helping others transition to a healthier diet.  (www.yourhealthsource.org)  We thought we would drop off our friends and then go on to eat at a local to London restaurant.  Instead, we stayed and visited and then ended up meeting the manager of McDonalds.  He is a Muslim man and he was completely taken with our family.  He spent over an hour talking with us and received all the gifts we had to give him and some of his staff.  Before we knew it, he was passing out free happy meals to our littlest children and showering us back with gifts ( :  Time with him was one of the best times we had in London and with his staff.  We were blessed to be there and felt that God allowed us to encourage him that day.  The children sang "make me a servant" to him and his staff.

Part 4 coming soon!

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