We are a group of young couples from Valley Church in West Des Moines, Iowa who have felt God's call to help The Pines Christian Care Center for Children in Welkom, South Africa as they care for children who have been orphaned by the AIDS Pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Kevin Barber
After our morning devotion in 1 Peter, we noticed this:
"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." - 1 Peter 5:8
... very appropriate from getting back from the lion park yesterday! As we walked around the park, we were constantly followed by the lions, just watching us.
We have been getting a lot of comments on the blog about our April Fool's prank, some of which we have interpreted to be good-natured, others, not so much. Every night we sit down as a team and compose our daily blog update and on that particular post, we had debated for a while whether or not to put it, whether or not to add "April Fool!" at the end, etc. In the end, we did what we did and it may not have been very funny or appropriate to joke about.
We sincerely appologize to anyone who was mislead, offended, otherwise by the post. We are, however, beginning to feel distracted by some of the fallout of it, which is completely against the nature of why we are updating this daily. We love to hear from everyone back home and we really do all huddle around the computer to read each comment, so please keep them coming. But please do your best to be uplifting and encouraging.
As we all may have experienced, e-mail, blogs, chat, etc. are not always the best means of communicating emotional topics. Those of us who have used computers long enough for this will know well how what we write can be easily mis-interpreted because there is no good way of communicating the tone of the message.
As we read this morning from 1 Peter 4:11, "If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ." This is a wake-up call for us, but also good to keep in mind throughout our daily lives.
Thank you for reading, commenting, and keeping us in your prayers!
Kevin
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Kevin Barber
After our morning devotion in 1 Peter, we noticed this:"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." - 1 Peter 5:8
... very appropriate from getting back from the lion park yesterday! As we walked around the park, we were constantly followed by the lions, just watching us.
We have been getting a lot of comments on the blog about our April Fool's prank, some of which we have interpreted to be good-natured, others, not so much. Every night we sit down as a team and compose our daily blog update and on that particular post, we had debated for a while whether or not to put it, whether or not to add "April Fool!" at the end, etc. In the end, we did what we did and it may not have been very funny or appropriate to joke about.
We sincerely appologize to anyone who was mislead, offended, otherwise by the post. We are, however, beginning to feel distracted by some of the fallout of it, which is completely against the nature of why we are updating this daily. We love to hear from everyone back home and we really do all huddle around the computer to read each comment, so please keep them coming. But please do your best to be uplifting and encouraging.
As we all may have experienced, e-mail, blogs, chat, etc. are not always the best means of communicating emotional topics. Those of us who have used computers long enough for this will know well how what we write can be easily mis-interpreted because there is no good way of communicating the tone of the message.
As we read this morning from 1 Peter 4:11, "If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ." This is a wake-up call for us, but also good to keep in mind throughout our daily lives.Thank you for reading, commenting, and keeping us in your prayers!
Kevin
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