Hey fellow Portantorchanites,

       I hope everyone had a safe trip home and that you all stepped up to the opportunity to share Christ with someone when God presented it.

       So, what I was thinking for this blog was that it would be one way for us to keep in touch with one another and share what God has been doing in each of our lives. I know that, to an extent, Facebook already allows us to do that, but I thought a blog allows us a little more room to write and share in a more personal environment. I don't expect that everyone is going to update us weekly by any means. Just throw up a message every once in a while if there's something going on in your life that you want us to know about; prayer requests, God stories, things God's been teaching you, whatever. 

       So go ahead; pictures or messages, doesn't matter. I look forward to hearing from you (even though I know it’s only been a day or two or even a few hours for some of you). God bless all of you guys. With love in Christ,

Austin