Our "new" cell phones, which we have had for only 4 months and 2 days, are already "old. The S7 has replaced the S6 and we have to wait another 20 months before we can "upgrade" and by then it will probably be an S8 or S9 which will be the "in" model. Needless to say, we can barely use the old new phone, so it doesn't matter how many iterations will ensue, we will stay with our 6's and let the world pass us by.
It won't be the first time we have been technologically overstepped and it will be far from the last, you can rest assured. The world of technical stuff moves at a rapid pace, and from my years in the computer chip manufacturing business, it was clear that we were making chips for products which were already out of date. In 1998 we were making chips for the first cell phone cameras, and they were already dinosaurs before they reached the sales floor.
There is so much change afoot in the world we live in, and it is refreshing to be here at Source of Light with many "dinosaurs" of the missionary field who are learning new communication techniques, performing duties they have never done before, using the unchanged Word of God to reach a host of people around the world who are hungry for Jesus and the hope He offers for an eternal destiny in Heaven, away from the world we humans have done so much to destroy and contaminate.
Karen and I have learned a lot of new skills over the past two plus years on the road while serving here in Madison and in Arkansas at TGPP. It has given our "getting-older" bones a new outlook on what we are capable of doing. Our co-workers have become teachers, mentors and examples of what we can look forward to in our 80's or 90's or for however long God calls us to serve Him and preach the Good News by what we say and what we do. Quite a journey, and quite a way to honor and glorify out Lord and Savior.
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