We have been in Adlanto, CA, North and East of Los
Angeles in what is called the high desert.
It is very windy out here at times.
Sunday we were at the Adlanto Baptist Church where we taught the Sunday
School class and Henry preached in the morning service. Between services lunch was served for those
attending the 2:00 p.m. service. During
that time, Pastor Sipes taught a Bible study on Genesis 2 and 3 about
first fruits. At this point in time, the family had been aware of sacrificial offerings for years as the sons were old enough to tend flocks and grow grain. When Cain and Abel brought their
offerings, God accepted Abel’s because it was a firstling of the
flock. Cain’s offering was the “fruit of
the ground” (grains), but not the first fruits of that grain. Cain had a wrong heart attitude about
it. Scripture states Cain was mad
because God did not accept his offering, therefore he slew his brother. It was a good exegesis of that passage.
From Sunday evening to Wednesday we have been at Pastor’s
house. Monday, Henry helped Pastor build a new pulpit; now it
needs to be stained and it’s good to go.
Meanwhile we four females (two moms and 2 daughters) ran errands where I was able to mail some
packages. That
evening the Sipes family saw their eldest son off on another tour of duty to
Afghanistan. He leaves behind his wife
and two small boys. Please pray for him
and all of our troops in harm’s way around the world.
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