The Lives of Reilly by Grace

February was a sweet time of visiting family and church family in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. (March update below photos.)I Weekend #1 (Feb 14), we traveled to South Jersey , where we presented and enjoyed time with our church family at Calvary Baptist Church, in Little Egg Harbor. Another joy of that weekend was visiting with Kevin's sisters Kathy and Beth and their husbands. They now live just 16 minutes from the church that we have been working with since the late 90s.

We have enjoyed this time of year when many sing “Joy To The World.”  It is a time for joy for some, but not for everyone; in fact, Christmas can be a difficult time for some people. I am one of those people; I was the youngest in an Immigrant household of 10. While the holiday season is meant to be a time of joy, some people may experience heartache, broken relationships, or loss, making it a difficult time. Paul David Tripp says, “So much of our fear, discouragement, anxiet

This picture (upper right ) is the view of the sky one Sunday morning after I preached in Cochabamba, Bolivia, this month. Cortana is about 8500 feet high, and where the gray haze is, usually appear mountains.  But now everything is under a haze of smoke as the Bolivian portion of the Amazon is on fire. I've been blessed to be able to minister in Bolivia. For about the last 8 years, I have worked with a church in Santa Cruz Bolivia, First Evangelical Church of Villa 1 de Mayo