by Jim Welch | Sep 18, 2023 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
This morn, I thought I would pull up a Back Page from 2008, during the first medical mission in Bombo. Has much changed? Let me share it with you. Good memories of a faithful God. My Apple laptop is open. I sit about 12:30 pm on Tuesday in our makeshift clinic,...
by Jim Welch | Aug 18, 2023 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
For me, this was/is a crazy week. I leave tomorrow for Bombo, Uganda. I may have forgotten what that stress is like. Or maybe when one throws into the mix a couple of grandchildren, things just go crazy. But I’m sure there are many things that I have forgotten to do...
by Jim Welch | Aug 4, 2023 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
I’m sure you’ve heard by now….that I am a grandpa….again. Yes, that’s twice in exactly two weeks. One boy. One girl. It’s now up to Danny and Karen to break the tie in November. Emotions were intense for me this week. They snuck up on me big time, and I was...
by Jim Welch | Jul 28, 2023 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
In Romans 12, Paul encourages us to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. Some weeks, I experience both ends of that spectrum. You do too. I stood at the graveside of a broken-hearted family as they laid to rest a son who had been missing for...
by Jim Welch | Jul 21, 2023 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
I begin with a simple question: where would you like to be when you get the text (and picture) that you are – for the first time in your life – a grandparent? When that text arrived this week, I was a little disappointed as to where I was when it arrived. It can be a...
by Jim Welch | Jul 14, 2023 | Blog, Pastor's Blog
I spent last weekend washing and folding all kinds of baby clothes. We were up in Tacoma visiting our daughter, Lindsey, who is having a baby girl within the next three weeks. Yes, our son is having a boy within the same time frame, so that can get confusing for...
