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Sometimes He lets us fish all night on the other side of the boat. Maybe He does it like that so we exhaust our hoarded resources. Then, when He shows up with the solution, we are a little quicker to recognize its Him. And if we're like Peter, we don't worry about grabbing ... anything. We just want .... Play the trumpet, Klarden. Play the trumpet this mornin'!

In the movie Tequila Sunrise, the question is asked why a person feels that because they went to high school with someone, they are friends for life.

Maybe when an organization is populated by 2nd and 3rd generation leadership, the childhood memories, dynamics, friendships, animosities, continue to linger and fester. I remember the Schroeders came in with such a burst of energy. Same thing with the Kitcheners. Larry Smith...what a wonderful man of God. Ted and Jean Wright. Bob and Fay Barker.

I remember getting spanked one time for being mean to the son of our dormparents. Kerry Cater and I were being mean to him, but Kerry didn't get spanked. In fact, his brother Kenny watched me getting spanked, and laughed about it. Kerry and Kenny's father had served in the Air Force. After he died, Mrs. Cater moved to Brazil as a missionary. She lived in Porto Ferreira. Then she moved to Anápolis. Kerry was my best friend in 5th grade. And the guy we terrorized is a wonderful father and husband. He was a great goalie, excellent volleyball player, and will be celebrating 24 years of marriage in September. One time, one of Albertão's penalty kicks literally pushed him into the goal. His father helped me learn how to work and be responsible. In fact, yesterday, I used something he taught me back in 1980. After squeezing and pressing the tooth paste for three days (like Maxwell House...good to the last ooze), I remembered my little dorm wisdom from my uncle's brother: cut the empty tube open, and you'll find plenty of toothpaste left. Just wondering if Hudson stole a girlfriend. We'll laugh about it in heaven.

Pharisees love an episode of adultery, because stoning others gives them more power. Child abuse could lead to a loss of power; solution ... circle the wagons.

Which prominent U.S. church/pastor/ministry competes with the Bible by selling books?

Bring a friend, get a free Jason Bourne movie ticket

The love of money is the root of all evil

But we are dirt poor missionaries....how could we love money?

If word gets out that we had a massive pedophile problem....and the mission is shut down, how will I keep this nice house and our maid and our car, and how do we make it to retirement age...and our supporting churches are made up of people who are dying...and these vindictive kids keeps bringing up stuff that never happened 30.3 years ago...if only those kids didn't love money...why couldn't those kids have joined the mission like our obedient children did

April 1987
Meeting to tell me I couldn't go to boot camp
Jackson
(Imagine the son of a welder, after watching his dad weld for 20 years, after helping his dad weld, after welding on his own, after dreaming of welding in India and Guinea-Bissau, after being invited by welder Gerson Celeti to work with him in Guinea Bissau...)
"We know MK's seem to have it together when they come to Bible School, but we know that's not really the case."