It’s great to be back in Wales! The older I get, the more that I discover that I am “set in my ways” and yearn for the routine of our relatively quiet, simple life—even though we serve as missionaries in a foreign land. I mean no disrespect to my fellow Americans, but I quickly grew weary of the loud, proud, me-first, damn-everyone-else-to-hell attitudes I witnessed too frequently across five southern states, conveyed in facial expressions, driving manners, hand gestures and verbal abuse aimed at whoever…it didn’t seem to matter. But in fairness, I also found myself showered with Southern hospitality from friends, family, and total strangers, especially during the week I spent in Fayetteville, Georgia. There I participated in meetings with people from England, Wales, Georgia, and Lousiana; and we focused our attention upon a large multi-church mission team that will be spending the first week of July in the valleys of South Wales. More about that in another post. Continue reading →