Fully Thankful

It goes without saying that we all have much to be thankful for. From the material world of our visual lives to the far greater realm of our spiritual lives, we all have been blessed. Time to take these grateful hearts to a dying world.

"But I'm old" or "I'm broke and in school"... Our God knows that yet we are still called to go however we can! Now GBC certainly gives financially to our missionaries each week. Did you know we support 43 field missionaries and their families serving from Alaska to South Africa with dozens of points in between? As well, there are 10 organizations/mission boards that allow these missionaries to go and function. Some such as Tabernacle Children’s Home (South Carolina) and Malachi Boys Home are right here in the USA.

This missionary line-up comes from all walks of life, ages and backgrounds. Some are children of former missionaries; some are "rookies" to this task. ALL have answered and we should thank our Lord and Savior for their dedication.

However, our mission work isn't only those that we support. Many of you helped with the Fall Festival, VBS, Christmas shoeboxes, youth activities where the homeless were fed in Greensboro… see what I'm saying here? We all have a mission field and for sure we all have the mission of presenting our Risen Savior to our world!

Some more reasons to be thankful... From Mexico with Ed Hoagland: The last week of October saw them start church #8 in Mexico. This is a self-supporting indigenous church! And there's more!... as well, they oversee 4 feeding centers and 15 other "missions" in Mexico. GBC also supports several missionaries to limited access fields. I will not list them here but suffice it to say God's word continues to go out despite wars, persecutions and evil. More on these missionaries in an up coming Mission’s Minute.

So you see, our reasons to be thankful are far more than just the things we hold. I close with this quote..."No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life. Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrase mongers, however artful." A man named Albert Einstein wrote those succinct words.¹So there is the #1 reason to be thankful: All glory to God… humbly now and forever!

Bob I.  //  Missions Director