My Heroes

Our church, the Trenton Church of Christ, has several folks involved in missions throughout the world. A mission team just returned from building and encouraging the church in Honduras while another team from our congregation just came back from working with kids and teens in Finland. Another of our members, Beth Tunick, is spending a couple of years in Uganda working as a schoolteacher to the children of several missionaries there. She is also spending most of her spare time spreading the Word and love of Jesus to the people there. You can read about her missionary work on her blog at: http://bethinuganda.blogspot.com/

About 8 months ago, a good friend of mine decided to quit his job and go to Finland to bring the Gospel of Jesus to the post-Christian people of that country. Because of the way the laws in Finland work, Jim can only stay a few months and then he has to leave the country for a few months, then he gets to come back again for a few months. So off he went to Budapest to train for and earn his CELTA certificate (CELTA is a certificate for teaching the English language to others in Europe) which allows him to hopefully get a job in Finland enabling him to stay for a more extended period of time. He graduated the CELTA program, and will be headed back to Finland soon in search of work there. He will be joining Leanne, who will be in Finland for a few more weeks when he returns to Finland. You can read more about the work in Finland at: http://fmtampere.com/default.aspx

Jim, Beth, Leanne, and all of the others that go and work outside the safety and security of our country are an inpiration to me; their dedication to the Lord, the caring way that they treat people, and the love they have for those around them show the world so well that the power of the Spirit is working through them.

Jim, if you read this, your brothers from the Thursday night Zeteo group want you to know that we love you, we miss you, and we are proud of the work you our doing over there. May God bless you richly for your devotion to His Word! We are keeping you in our prayers daily.