ambassadors for Christ.

What a wonderful evening I had last night. I was given a special invitation to join the American ambassador and the rest of the embassy staff in hosting a party to celebrate our nations Independence. I was invited because I am a volunteer for the embassy as the chief warden.
All of the Ugandan ministers of parliment were invited along with the diplomatic core living in Kampala. The ambassadors residence was decorated with flags from from all 50 states. The marines performed the color guard duty. We celebrated July 4th on the 3rd.
I met so many interesting people. The Swiss ambassador and I talked for a while. He told me the Swiss are very liberal and many don't believe in "religion." I laughed and replied not believing in God would be like me not believing in the Swiss.
He is a nice man and was very interested in what the church of Christ does in Uganda. He was real interested in what I believe and what I teach the Uganda Christians. I was able to share my faith with him.
I told the Italian ambassador that I had gone to school in Florence Italy for a semester. All of a sudden you would have thought he had known me for years. He wanted to talk about wine and car racing. ok
(I needed Cheryl's Mom for this conversation...at least the part about car racing)
There were military commanders and politicians. I had some great conversations with Ugandan leaders as well.
I was interviewed by a TV crew about the 4th of July and what it means to me.
The woman threw me off when she asked me a question about Paris Hilton of all things.
I met a list of ambassadors but the nicest one there was the US ambassador. We talked for a long time. It turns out that he is from Odessa, Texas! He went to Permian High school were Cheryl graduated from. Cheryl's family lived on Englewood and he grew up on Maple. He knew 6th and Jackson church of Christ where Cheryl and I were married.
I told him about Ben Wall coming from Odessa last January to help with Faith Quest and how they bought the Odessa country club for a church/community out reach. Ben had mentioned that their lawyer was the ambassadors brother!
All of a sudden we had so many things to talk about. It really was like being with an old friend. We had so much fun.
It really is a small world.

As I was meeting all of these diplomats I thought of one of the last conversations I had with my Grandad Cash. He put his arm around me and told me how proud he was of me and how there is nothing greater I could do with my life than serve the Lord. With the choice I made to be a missionary ... he would not be prouder if I were the president of the United states.

There is nothing better than being an ambassador for Christ. That is what we are!
I thank the Lord for the freedoms we have as Americans. From those who are given much ...much is expected.
Thank you Lord for our freedom!

a servant of Christ