WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

Mary and I attended the 30th Anniversary Celebration of Jackie and Mackie Chestnutt at the Southside Church of Christ in Rogers, Arkansas this past Sunday. The placed was packed and the spirit of love and gratitude toward this couple was just as one had hoped. Marshall Brown, who is on staff there, did a superb job of keeping the celebration moving along as he possesses great leadership skills to make that sort of thing work well.

Mary and I got to eat with Jim and Martha White from Nebraska. I'd never met them before. They were easy to visit and interesting to hear of their work. Martha mentioned having done mission work in Brazil and it hit me: how many of our people have been in the field? It must be that huge numbers have spent time reaching into zones not called home.

So, where have you been? Would you type in your name and then list places you have served, whether a full-time missionary or went with a group on a mission trip. I'll give you a sample list:

• Nova Scotia
• Brazil
• Mississippi
• Mexico
• Michigan

John/Jane Doe

Let's see how many areas we can list. I think it will be encouraging. I'm not asking you to brag. I'm asking you report....WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?