GUESTS ARRIVE

OUR GUESTS ARRIVED FROM ARIZONA TODAY AND THEY ARE WORN OUT!! BY THE TIME THEY FINALLY ARRIVED IN SMOLENSK THEY HAD TRAVELED FOR 24 HOURS. THEY ARE A HUSBAND AND WIFE WITH THEIR 12 YEAR OLD GRAND SON. IT'S HIS FIRST TIME TO TRAVEL ABROAD AND I'M GLAD FOR HIM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. IT'S A GOOD THING TO GET A PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE OUTSIDE THE U.S. WE HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED IN OUR NATION FOR SO LONG AND IN MANY, MANY, WAYS HAVE TAKEN IT FOR GRANTED. YOU ONLY HAVE TO VISIT ANY OTHER COUNTRY TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE. WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE VISIT WITH US EVERY YEAR AND I ALWAYS PRAY THAT GOD SPEAKS TO THEM ABOUT HIS WORLDWIDE KINGDOM. I WANT THEM TO SEE THAT GOD LOVES THE WORLD, NOT JUST AMERICA. THAT GOD SENT HIS SON TO DIE FOR ALL PEOPLE GROUPS, NOT JUST ENGLISH SPEAKING WHITE PEOPLE. THAT GOD DOESN'T SEE NATIONAL BOUNDARIES. THAT GOD WANTS TO USE SOME OF THEM IN PLACES WHERE THERE ARE NO CHURCHES. MAYBE THIS LITTLE GUY WILL SEE SOME OF THAT. HEY, MAYBE SOME FALCONS COULD GET THAT VISION SOMEDAY AS WELL. HOW COOL WOULD IT BE TO HAVE SOME FALCONS ON MISSION FIELDS ACROSS THE PLANET. THEY'D BE TOUGH TO BEAT!!!

JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS TILL GAME DAY!!! MAKE THEM COUNT. I'M THINKING ABOUT YA'LL. PRAYING FOR YOU.

FOOTBALL IS LIKE LIFE--IT REQUIRES PERSERVERENCE,SELF DENIAL,HARD WORK,SACRAFICE,DEDICATION, AND RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY. - VINCE LOMBARDI