I lived in Japan as a child, and while I wasn’t there long enough to permanently pick up the language, I thought I’d wander over there, linguistically speaking, this week. 

We have had our student interns for about a month and you have even heard one of them preach already. Lee will be preaching on October 31st. I know some of you have also had a chance to meet them one on one and some of you are also on Pip’s site team. If you have not yet made a direct connection with them, I invite you to do so -- their email addresses are in the bulletin, and in the columns they write for the e-news. Take some time to know them better, share with them a little about you; make them feel welcomed because it is hard to experience community virtually. Also, let Pip know what you thought of their message this past Sunday and do the same for Lee after they preach next week.

If you listened to my sermon this last Sunday, you learned that when I was a teenager I wanted to be a missionary. What happened to my career goals after that dream fell through?