Archive for January, 2009

The view from here of the inauguration

We lived the inauguration “live” here in Europe with all ears and eyes tuned in to the happenings on the Potomac. It took place at 6 PM our time, those who came to the Geneva weekly Bible study (at 7 PM) told me what news they had heard before leaving home or while on the [...]

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Exchange student

About a year and a half ago, Nikki, a student at the Lausanne Hotel School (“the Leading Hotel School of the World”, she says), told us about Joel, a 15 year old from her church in German speaking Basel who was interested in studying French and English in either Lausanne or Geneva. We asked around [...]

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In the year Uzziah died

During preparation for Sunday’s sermon (from a short series on texts from Isaiah, this time on his vision of the Lord, chapter 6) I ran across the following passage in McGuiggan’s book on the prophet, and found it even more meaningful knowing that he is a man of compassion for the suffering, so they are [...]

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24 years ago today

Today we celebrate 24 years in Lausanne. Yes, it was on January 8, 1985 that we came to Switzerland with the mission to bring people to Christ and to build up the local church. Our energy was high. Our hopes were higher. Our confidence… Well, that’s always been a tough one for me.
I was just [...]

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Christmas Vacation

We have had many guests these last weeks. Daughter (who is NOT a guest) was back from the Marseilles Church Internship. She is doing great and has a busy beginning of the year ahead of her. What a pleasure to have her back!
While our exchange student was away, Dan, a Pepperdine student who needed a [...]

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