We had a lovely, lovely launch.
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| I played the harp. |
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| Joe prayed for us and afterwards served Hartzview wine and Lucaston Park Apple Juice to the guests. |
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Peirce told a choose-your-own-adventure story putting the audience
in the shoes of a future visitor to Pilgrim Hill. |
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| Will interviewed us urbanely. |
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| Luke gave a TED talk. (Actually, it was about our Association and the financial needs.) |
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| Margaret made amazing food. (Honey-caramel apples, right here.) |
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| Shiloh did all the graphic design and served food with visual aplomb. |
Over 100 people came. They listened, laughed, prayed, feasted and filled in response cards.
Pilgrim Hill friends, old and new.
God is good.
Thanks, everyone.
Over 100 people came. They listened, laughed, prayed, feasted and filled in response cards. 
Hello from Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. I heard about Pilgrim Hill from Dan Guinn, a L'Abri conference friend and founder of http://www.francisschaefferstudies.org. Your video is beautiful, as is the land in the video. I'm excited to hear your vision for a hospitality ministry for people from the post-Christian first world, and will pray that the Lord establishes the work of your hands. - Joel Swanson, www.swansonmission.com
ReplyDeleteHi Joel, thanks for your encouragement! We will be praying for your plans to minister in the Ukraine.
ReplyDeleteHI Christina,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your prayers! I'm almost done my support raising, and am aiming to find my remaining monthly support by the end of June, attend pre-field training in July, and move to Kiev this August to serve at least two years in Ukraine. If you'd like to stay in touch so you can know how to pray for me, feel free to sign up for my email updates: http://swansonmission.com/newsletter. I send out a one-page update about every six weeks.
From your more recent blog posts it sounds like God is blessing your family and the work of Pilgrim Hill. May Christ's Spirit continue to strengthen you for your work, grow you in his grace, and bring believers who need refreshing and non-believers who need a glimpse of the beauty and majesty of Christ to taste and see that the Lord is good. Thanks for sharing a little bit of your work through your website - keep following the Lord's call in your life!
joyfully,
Joel