I won’t bore you with the details. But here’s the gist: in his budget address this past Tuesday, Governor Doyle announced that he is proposing giving benefits to people in domestic partner relationships. Noticeably absent were any details. When we were able to look at the 1800-page budget bill (AB 75), we found many, many details–details that showed a radical social agenda being proposed.
Some of you may recall the story I have told about a man on Kosrae who shared with me how he was “born again” due to his immersion baptism by a previous Baptist pastor. Back when this conversation took place, he thought I was a certified nut-case for telling him that God would not accept him based on a back-flop in the river.
I have just read an essay from the office of ABWE called The Ministry of Communication. The article mentions the debt we have to Paul and others in the early church who communicated with each other. Without their letters our doctrine and understanding of God would be greatly impoverished.
From Monday at 1p to Tuesday at noon, Rory, Christa, Lin, and I were at Camp Joy at the annual P&W’s retreat of the WFBC. We had a good time. The preaching was edifying and the fellowship was reassuring. I was part of many encouraging conversations. I have been fellowshipping with some of these pastors for 18 years, so I have been at a meeting like this with some of them about 30 times!
The time has flown by since we last wrote. We thank God continually for your part in our work through your prayers, encouragement and financial support.
