HOWDY!!! FROM FRANFORT GERMANY... Well, we've made it safely this far... we now have little bit of a lay-over till we leave here for Israel... Boy! this German Security is lots tighter than the U.S. We had to go thru 2 security screenings just to get to our gate (but, I think the 2nd one was by order of Jewish Authorities...) But, Hey! that's jus' fine with this Ol'Country Boy... I got thru in a breeze~ but, Ol'Bro.Hays got held up a couple of times... (I sorta suspect when he was here in the 60's in the Army that he might have had some kinda a standing
warrant...) But, they finally let him thru...

Here's a little Poem I writ in flight~

"HERE WE BE..."

Well, here we be,

Over the deep blue sea,

In a Jet Plane up in the air a'flyin'...

And it's Good to know

That the folks back home

Are prayin' that we

Don't crash and end up dyin'...

Now, I'm sure there's some who fear

That takin' such a risk

Is fool-hearty and temptin' fate~

But then, far worse than that

Is holdin' a grudge

And feedin' the monster

Of jealously and hate...

And, it's a statistical fact,

No matter how crazy it might sound,

That we're a whole lot safer

Up in the air

Than them in their cars are

Drivin' down on the ground...

But, we can't live our lives

Crippled by such fear

And trepidation~

Or else we might never

Rightly confront

The stakes of our eternal destination...

For the risks are real,

And the stakes

Are surely significantly higher~

'Cuz it's either Everlasting Life

Or burnin' forever in Hell's fire...

And, if ever we're called

To take the plunge,

Or brave the perils

That might befall~

'Tis when we're called

To walk by faith,

And trust and obey the Master's call...

And like the man

Who buried his talent

That was entrusted to his care,

Many refuse

To risk a thing for JESUS,

And likewise discount

The power of Faith and Prayer...

Pray! it's only when it's lived by Faith

That life becomes a sure thing~

And it's only when

We trust the Lord, no matter what,

That our soul can truly

Take wing...

-Bob Wickline

"WITHOUT FAITH,

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM"