Wow. Cornerstone Fellowship Bible Church. It is awesome to be here. We're going to be looking in 2 Timothy this morning.
The letter of Paul to Timothy, the 2nd 1. It's just great to be here. It is, great to renew acquaintance, and we want to get to know you. First of all, I must say thank you, on behalf of our family for the substantial gift that you have just recently put together on our behalf, and, that makes a great big difference in the lives of your missionaries and, your, your generosity through the years and your faithfulness through the years is, It is part of what makes our life, so good, and, and you are such a blessing to us.
26 years ago, a couple of young kids from Missouri drove into town. Everything we owned was in a two-door Toyota Tercel. Spent some time with you and enjoyed it, and you became a part of our hearts. A lot has happened in 26 years.
That was 8 children ago and 2 churches, we left here, and went on to help plant a church in southern Utah, and now we are in central Utah. we were the young kids back then, just, fuzzy-faced and barely married and now we're the old people on the mission field. And, our role has recently changed in the last few years. Now, we go from young or new arriving missionaries to, now we get, have the privilege of, of coaching and, and, supervising 25 missionary families in our field, and we have the privilege of, not only, I, I have the privilege of being the teacher at, at Payson Bible Church, but we get to, oversee 14 churches on our mission field and a radio station and So we have like 2 flocks and two halves to our lives....
