Dear friends,

Last night (Monday) was Meeting #2. Many people told me they were
really touched by the message. I, too, felt the great longing for Jesus
to return as Don spoke on Why Is There Suffering? He laid the blame
squarely on sin that was instigated by Lucifer and perpetuated when Adam
and Eve chose to believe the devil instead of God. But Jesus will put an
end to sin and suffering when He returns.

Translated to today, we think of our dear friend Glenn Lemon. You have
likely heard the story of how he blessed Don and his family when Don was
a boy. He was Don’s Sabbath school teacher and had such an influence
on him. At 102 years of age Brother Lemon has just been diagnosed with
lymphoma. We feel so far away! How we would like to stop in to see him
at home in Maryland! And how much we look forward to Jesus’ making all
things new!

Our ShareHim Coordinator, Benny Moore, is amazing. He makes sure
Don’s equipment is working. He just walked out of our room after we
gave him an SOS call. You see, when Don opened the slide show he is
supposed to present tonight, it was in Spanish! We checked to be sure he
had opened the International English show. Yep! But it was still in
Spanish. So we opened the International Spanish show . . . that too was
in Spanish. Didn’t think that would work. So Benny brought his
portable hard drive and installed the English show . . . and Don is
studying!

Last night there was a mix up regarding which song would be used at the
end of Don’s message. The singer had practiced a different song;
however, the message ends with the story of Tommy Dorsey’s writing of
the song Precious Lord, Take My Hand. “But we practiced My Jesus, I
Love Thee.” we were informed. “But that is for tomorrow night.”
Benny pushed just enough. In fact, he said , “If you don’t have
someone who can sing the song, I will sing it.” And we learned that he
was the singing evangelist for Ken Cox for several years. Two young
people sang the needed song. The appeal was really appealing.

Last night a number of people came to Don asking for his signature on a
ticket that had his picture on it . . . first time he had seen one. Then
he began to recognize that the same young girl had brought him several.
“Haven’t I signed this for you before?” he asked. “How many more
do you have?” She giggled and showed him a small stack of tickets. She
must have a lot of friends.

Yes, by the way, Don’s new pants arrived in time for the meeting.
Perfect fit!

Since we are across town from where the rest of the ShareHim speakers
are living and speaking, we don’t get to interact with them regularly
like we did in Nigeria. We are going to try to find out from Benny how
things are going . . . another day.

Don just informed me it is lunch time . . . I’ll pull out oranges,
apples, bananas, bread and peanut butter, raisins and mangos. How is
that for a meal?

Hope you have such a good one!

Our love,

Marti (and Don)

I was privileged to attend one of the meetings in Manila. It was inspiring to see the large number of people in attendance who gathered in the great hall. Pastor Snider is a dynamic speaker, who coupled with a charming and supportive wife, creates a dynamic team.

After the meeting the “small groups” were gathered in prayer, love and encouragement. These groups really proved to be an innovative and ingenious addition to the campaign.