Monday, September 20, 2004
Revelation 5
9And they sang a new song:
"You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased men for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation."
From every tribe and language and people and nation -- Wow. That's a lot of people from all over. King brought up this verse yesterday. I had mentioned to him that I was looking at the stats from this blog, and I saw that people from all over visit this page. At first, most of the hits came from the United States with the Philippines in second place. That's understandable. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, Singapore became the second most popular country of origin while Peru was in second place. After that are about ten more different countries... like United Arab Emirates. What the? I haven't given that country much thought until now. Surprisingly, some of the people end up being returning visitors, too. It's cool how StatCounter shows each country's flag along with the statistic. It helps me become more familiar with them. Anyway, I guess one way for me to reach people around the world would be this blog. I should probably put more thought into what I write here. You never know what people could get out of this. I'll probably post some silly and random things from time to time, but I think I should share more of what God's been doing in my life.
When Lanie and Faye went on their mission trip to Uganda last year (see the Safari Planet video), they stayed with a lady named Gertrude who ran a Christian school and orphanage. Well, Gertrude flew in yesterday at around midnight to stay here in the US for about a couple of weeks. She's quite a nice lady. Lanie, Faye, King, and I took her to Rock Harbor for the evening service and then to Denny's for dinner afterwards. King and Faye talked about a conference they went to on Friday and Saturday with a mission organization called Frontiers. The organization's main goal is to plant replicating churches among Muslim peoples. Is this something that I would like to take part of? I don't know... but it's another option laid out in front of me.
9And they sang a new song:
"You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased men for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation."
From every tribe and language and people and nation -- Wow. That's a lot of people from all over. King brought up this verse yesterday. I had mentioned to him that I was looking at the stats from this blog, and I saw that people from all over visit this page. At first, most of the hits came from the United States with the Philippines in second place. That's understandable. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, Singapore became the second most popular country of origin while Peru was in second place. After that are about ten more different countries... like United Arab Emirates. What the? I haven't given that country much thought until now. Surprisingly, some of the people end up being returning visitors, too. It's cool how StatCounter shows each country's flag along with the statistic. It helps me become more familiar with them. Anyway, I guess one way for me to reach people around the world would be this blog. I should probably put more thought into what I write here. You never know what people could get out of this. I'll probably post some silly and random things from time to time, but I think I should share more of what God's been doing in my life.
When Lanie and Faye went on their mission trip to Uganda last year (see the Safari Planet video), they stayed with a lady named Gertrude who ran a Christian school and orphanage. Well, Gertrude flew in yesterday at around midnight to stay here in the US for about a couple of weeks. She's quite a nice lady. Lanie, Faye, King, and I took her to Rock Harbor for the evening service and then to Denny's for dinner afterwards. King and Faye talked about a conference they went to on Friday and Saturday with a mission organization called Frontiers. The organization's main goal is to plant replicating churches among Muslim peoples. Is this something that I would like to take part of? I don't know... but it's another option laid out in front of me.
