More holy ground to walk on last night.
First, there was the testimony in “Oasis” from a woman who said she is a “recovering screamer.” Her eloquent words drew us to the love of God and invited us to be a more open community.
Then, in the elders’ meeting there were so many sacred moments. There was the welcoming of a new member who was converted by missionaries in Turkey. He’s been imprisoned five different times for sharing his faith–three of those times in cities visited by Paul (yes–THAT Paul).
Then there was the young couple placing membership who are taking a survey trip to Tanzania this summer–and, because of their devotion to world missions, are planning to get married while there. (I know a beautiful spot about 19,200 feet up that I might suggest! I’m sure a tent on the slopes of Kilimanjaro would make a beautiful honeymoon.)
And then we blessed a couple who has born the pain of childlessness and now find themselves as parents to two teenagers. It’s an amazing story of love: two teens who are not parentless because an eighth grader’s teacher (from last year) has now become her “mom.”
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