Africa Bound

The Laffoon Family is departing on a Missions Trip to Nairobi, Africa. We leave this weekend and will return April 2nd.

We will be spending our time at different Compassion projects around Nairobi where we will conduct Vacation Bible School and work on minor construction projects.

The highlight of our trip will be the opportunity we have to spend a day with Francis! Francis is a child we sponsor and we are going to meet him and spend a day interacting with him.

Please pray that we will communicate the the Life Changing message of Jesus throughout our trip.

To keep up with our adventures you can dial 800-315-4879 toll free to get daily reports from our trip leader!

What a difference a week makes!

The last time I blogged we were traveling home in fog and rain, anticipating losing an hour of sleep.Today, one week, later we are traveling home in sunshine and spring like temps! Whaoo!

We traveled to St. Clair Shores, MI to an Ultimate Date Night show and then stayed over to preach this morning. We saw 11 children sponsored with Compassion International!

One week from today, at this moment, the Laffoon Fam will be onboard a plane headed for Nairobi, Kenya to visit Francis. Francis is a twelve year old boy we sponsor with Compassion. We will get to visit with Francis as well as love on other children in Compassions Projects through out Kenya.

Whew! what a difference a week can make!

Weary Road Warriors

It is 12;22 am it has been a long day-up at 6 and not home yet! Tonight we lose an hour as well! It is rainy and foggy and our bodies are ready to be out of the car! Even though we are exhausted,it has been a great weekend of ministry. We are grateful to be used by a great God to touch marriages!Have a great Sunday-we will be sleeping!

A Lesson from a tiny frog

The following story was taken from Mikey's Funnies~~

Once upon a time there was a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a running competition. The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower.

A big crowd gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants. The race began but no one in the crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower. You heard statements such as:

"Oh, WAY too difficult!!"
"They will NEVER make it to the top."
"Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!"

The tiny frogs began collapsing. One by one, except for those who, in a fresh tempo, were climbing higher and higher.

The crowd continued to yell, "It is too difficult!!! No one will make it!"

More tiny frogs got tired and gave up. But one continued higher and higher and higher. He just wouldn't give up!

At the end everyone else had given up climbing the tower. Except for the one tiny frog who, after a big effort, was the only one who reached the top!

All of the other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this one frog managed to do it. A contestant asked the tiny frog how he had found the strength to succeed and reach the goal.

It turned out that the winner was deaf.

[forwarded by JR]

today'sTHOT============================

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

Blessings~

J&L