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Barb & Mike :  Urbana '79 was coming, and Barb got a job in the Urbana Dept. We'd become Christians as hippies, living in community in Eugene, Oregon; this would be our first missions conference: Barb as worker, and Mike as delegate. One evening session, Billy Graham invited delegates to stand if they'd go anywhere God led. That night Mike told Barb he'd made that commitment. She wasn't there yet ("You did what?!!"), but it didn't stop God from taking Mike at his word. Eight years later,we were in Guatemala as members of Wycliffe Bible Translators... because Mike accepted God's invitation at Urbana '79. 03/21/06
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""You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.""

Matthew 5:14-16 (NIV)

 
 

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