Ryken Report

(Lisa Ryken sends in this report from her men.)

Here is the week's news from Phil and Josh that you might be interested in:

(Sunday, Josh wrote) We're here in sunny and very cold South Africa. How is everyone? We're having a great time. The day we got in we went to a very cool lion park where we got to be a couple of feet away from lions (in a car) and even hold baby lions. Yesterday I slept untill 11:50 and then we went to a bird place. Today dad preached two services; then we went to a black church.

(Monday) Everything is going super here. The teaching seems to be well received, well attended, etc. Josh is having some great experiences (as am I).

(Saturday) We are in Durban now, and still doing quite well. Josh is having a super time. It looks like we have Monday off -- a needed rest. The breakfast meeting went quite well today. Over a hundred for sure; fairly impressive, really, for a breakfast turnout. Pretty much the whole church there for a talk on the arts. Josh and I will be with Michael Cassidy on Monday night. This is a significant benefit of the trip: Josh overhearing conversations about ministry with Christian people in a far place -- a lot of important things get reinforced.

I talked to him briefly yesterday and things seem to be going well.

Lisa