Church: Both the US, and the Persecuted

Today, I had many adventures in driving. Hopefully, I won't have any more tomorrow. Church was good. Did some homework, though it's never as much as I plan to do. Oh well, stuff for tomorrow is done. But tomorrow, I need to have a detailed to-do list, broken down into small, manageable chunks, that way, it will hopefully be easier to get everything done. Wish me luck with that.

Tribe was good, saw some people, had Hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner. Instead of a normal Bible study, we talked about and prayed for the persecuted church. There are more Christians who are persecuted today than there have been at any point in history. In some countries, Christians can be arrested, tortured, or even killed for their faith. Totally different from U.S., where when we go to church, we never had to worry about the building being burned down or closed down or raided or anything. And many people in the US may have, like, 3 Bibles or more in their houses; in persecuted countries, it is an amazing joy to have just one Bible for the whole community. I knew all these facts before, but it's amazing how quickly I forgot them. Definitely an eye-opener of sorts. So quite a good night.

Not much else today.... 48 days until Urbana (right?). 17 until Turkey break!

Ashley