This weekend our South American Southern Cone Area Directors, David and Carol Ellis, honored me with the privilege of participating in their MF (Missionary Fellowship) business meeting in the coastal city of Pinamar. They even asked me to give the Saturday morning devotional. I was blessed to tears to be back among my precious missionary family of many old friends and several new ones. Our youngest MKs enjoyed getting acquainted with Perfume and Felipe.
Tears flowed freely as Julie Dabello, a 17-year-old beautiful blonde, was surrounded with prayer and hugged to pieces. She has graduated from high school here and is now leaving for college in the USA. These are among the most painful times for a missionary family as one of their children leaves the shelter of the nest to live and study often 8,000 miles away. Julie will need our continued prayers as she steps out of this loving missionary environment and into the cold, hard realities of the US college culture. Some of these missionaries live separated up to 1,000 miles from the other members of the team, but they are as closely knit as blood-related family.
Ralph
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