BOOT CAMP

Every new home missionary goes through a week of training here in Nashville called Boot Camp. Here is a picture of the 6 men who met last week along with the Home Missions Staff.
From left to right:
David Crowe, Director of Development
Richard Atwood, Director of Missionary Assistance
Mark McCraney, Castle Rock, Colorado
Daryl Grimes, Erie, Pennsylvania
Randall Wright, Dallas, Texas
Tim York, Buffalo, New York
Heath Webb, Boise, Idaho
Darin Alvis, Buffalo, New York
Larry Powell, General Director

I appreciate all the people who helped out. We skyped with present church planters David Sexton and Macr Neppl in Suffolk, VA; Tim Riggs in Mobile, AL; and Jeff Goodman and Josh Bennett in Marana, AZ. All the guys commented on how helpful they were. My wife, Sandy, spoke to the guys about helping their wives and women's ministries. Janice Donoho did a good job of getting everything ready for the meeting, including the food. Here she is getting the pizza ready for lunch one day.

Can you see Randall Wright hamming it up for the camera in the picture below? He kept us all laughing with his funny comments. To be fair, he had several intelligent comments, too.

Everyone came over for dinner at our house one night. Tim York's wife Amanda was able to come and also Mark McCraney's family: wife, Danielle, and their two boys, Ethan and Lucas. Sandy made a great meal. After dinner we have a wonderful time of prayer together and then talked and laughed. I really enjoyed spending time with these folks and getting to know them better. I'm encouraged about how God is going to use them.