This is a picture I asked a student to take for me shortly before the pandemic began. For me the message of the picture is Matt reaching the world. The public schools system in my city has children from 157 different languages who have come here as refugees with their families, as immigrants with their families, or are children of people who have come here in connection with the university.
Jesus has blessed me with the opportunity to teach people from all over the world in living in my city. He has blessed me with opportunities to share the love of Jesus with people from all over the world living in my city.
He has also blessed me with opportunities to travel Brazil, France, Mexico and Romania for ministry trips. An extra blessing has been being able to visit Austria, England, Germany, Holland, and Switzerland as part of those trips.
All of this has been while living with chronic illness for thirty years. He has blessed me to be able to rise above the pain and fatigue to reach the world.
I am grateful that Jesus has given me opportunities to share his love with so many people from so many places.
What are you thankful for today?
Thank you for reading. God Bless.
Nice picture of you!π
Thank you π
What a blessing to touch so many lives & cultures.
It is a fun adventure
That’s such a great photo of you dad. It’s nice to see your joyful smile. π I’m glad that God has blessed you so much. It’s not easy living with chronic illness, but you depend on Jesus and He gives you the strength and joy to keep going. Today I am thankful for your example and that you adopted me and encourage me. π€β€ Love you dad!
Thank you sweet daughter. Love β€οΈ you too. I am thankful for you
Lovely image of you and you are definitely blessed to interact with people from so many different backgrounds! Today I’m thankful for having a roof over my head and food on my plate π
Thank you
You can also be grateful that the food on your plate is not cooked by me π
Haha I’m sure you can cook at least a few dishes very well π
microwaveable ones lol
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Youβve traveled many places. I have a friend who is a retired teacher. She recently relocated from Florida to North Carolina. She is working with a refugee ministry at her church, she said she loves it. I told her about your ministry. Thankful God is using you to reach the world πππΏ
It is a blessing to share Christ’s love with the nations.
How are you?
Iβm good! Itβs Monday already, the weekend flew by. But thankful for another day. Praying you have a nice day. π€
Thank you for praying.
I noticed the person who won L Gov race in Virginia. Immigrant from Jamaica who served in the marines. Awesome
Youβre welcome. Yes! Itβs inspiring what she has accomplished. That shows how we can keep reaching our goals when we donβt give up.
Thatβs a great one, being able to visit these places. How was your experience like visiting Holland?
too short π
Aww. π₯²
Maybe you can visit sometime again.
That would be wonderful
Lovely picture and it put a smile to my face which I am very grateful for. Thank you and thank the Lord Jesus.
The world traveller and goes well with the picture Santa Matt, travelling around the world to bring the good news to the unreachable. Bless you.
Thank you little sister. How is the UK? Are you excited for winter? π
UK, well my little part of London is living and moving on into the new season. I am little excited, it gets dark now by 4:30 π
Big hug and hope you have a lovely weekend Big bro
xoxo
Hope you have a lovely weekend too little sister and maybe snow π
Thanks π and hope you do too. Not that cold π₯Ά to snow βοΈ
Do you want snow? lol
Not right now but white Christmas will be nice πβοΈ
Do you like camping in the snow?
π I donβt even like camping. I just do it to have some experience with others. When the church had a camping a few years ago I booked a hotel and thank God I did because it rained that night heavily. I might try it for experience so to answer the question donβt know. π€
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I am thankful for life and good health.
good health is something we should not take lightly
Thanks so much Matt for encouraging others. Today, I thankful for family. Whether they live near or far, their love fills me up.
Thank you my friend. I am glad you have a good family