The Nations. Here. Now.

Last Saturday, John and I were invited to attend a fundraising dinner for Campus Crusade for Christ.  The focus of the dinner was to raise support for the Bridges International team who serves at the University of Houston and Rice University campuses.  Our good friends, Nader and Traci Wadie, are a part of this team who loves, ministers, shares the Gospel, and reaches out to international students who are here to study and go to school. 

The guest speaker that night was Semse Aydin.  She shared the story of how her beloved husband - her coworker in missions and the father of her children - was put to death in 2007 by radical Muslims in the Middle East.  She now serves with Bridges in America. 

Her story was truly inspiring.  How incredible that the Lord has promised us that He will never leave us or forsake us, but He never said it would be easy living in this world.  It doesn't matter what trials we are going through, we can cling to Him and know that He is holding us.

We loved getting to see Nader and had such a great evening.  The dinner was held at the Van Dyke home in River Oaks.  By the way, this home is known for having the largest private pool in North America!  I tried to get a picture of the whole pool, but just got a corner of it!  It was a beautiful home.