Thirteen time zones
Last night as I was getting ready to close down the computer for the night I received a Skype call. I almost didn’t catch it because I had the sound turned way down, but the program flashed in the lower right corner and I saw it. Chuck Johnston in Taiwan was calling. We’ve had each other on Skype for some time now, but had never taken the time to do much more than type “Hi!”. Well, it was a real blessing to hear from him. I’ve known of the Johnstons in Taiwan for some time, more than a couple decades and studied with their kids in college. In fact, one of my boyhood “cousins” from Brasil married one of the Johnston daughters.
We talked for a while and caught up on a few things, traded blog addresses and other ‘net stuff. And as we were talking it came out that we live thirteen time zones apart. WOW! That’s a LONG ways out there, to say the least. And yet, even though we work in different parts of the globe with different styles of ministry – we’re still brothers in Christ! What a joy to know that others are proclaiming the gospel all around the globe, working with people in places I’d never thought of going to, teaching people to serve God, creating a better world for all of us to live in.
I thank God for the Johnstons and their long time ministry in Taiwan. I thank God for all the people who have given up their lives to serve Him in far off places.  I thank God for giving each of us special talents and abilities and the desire to serve Him in different parts of the harvest field.
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