Heading out early

We are now at Karin's house in Indiana, heading for an early bedtime and an early take-off Thursday morning. We got here in time to see a girls' basketball championship for which grand-daughter Calli cheered. Naturally, we thought she was the best on the cheer team; it was so much fun to watch them.

The cold weather continues; feels like 0 degrees F. this evening again.

Today we heard reminders of the amazing life and ministry of DL Moody, founder of Moody Bible Institute. A poor son of a poor widow, his education ended at about the 3rd grade. Yet he was so committed to Jesus that he won thousands (maybe hundreds of thousands) of people to faith, and he founded three educational institutions and a publishing house. A unique quality of Moody Bible Institute is that right up until today, donors provide tuition-paid education, so that one's personal economic status need not interfere with one's training for Christian ministry. That fact alone was surely a factor in four of the five kids in my family being able to attend that school. (The fifth kid had a full scholarship at university.)

Since we need to get off early, this will serve as Thursday's posting.

Our Nassau friend was scheduled for additional biopsies today. We're thankful that the biopsies he had last week showed no cancer of the lymph nodes. We don't have results of today's tests, but we keep praying.

Love,
Carol