I'd like to ask you to remember our son in your prayers this evening and for the next several days. He leaves from Dallas, TX, in the morning (5/14) and travels to Athens, Greece, where he will be working with "The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts" (http://www.csntm.org) for the next two weeks. This is the third year for him to travel with them for the purpose of photographing these ancient biblical treasures and it is something he dearly loves to do. Nothing could be more important than making sure that these ancient documents remain available for future generations, as well as for scholarly study. God has preserved His Word for us in thousands of manuscripts and fragments of manuscripts, as well as in ancient translations and quotes from the early church fathers. These documents are not available to anyone in a single location (which CSNTM is working to change), but are in many different libraries, seminaries, monasteries, etc., of the world, often requiring delicate negotiations just to see the manuscripts. We would ask that you would remember to pray for his safety in his travels and that they will have great success in this year's endeavor. He is working with a world renown Greek scholar (Dr. Daniel Wallace) along with several other men who will be on this trip. Will you also remember to keep his wife Katie in your prayers as she remains behind to continue her teaching job in a mission school in south Dallas? This is a work she dearly loves and to which she has become increasingly more committed. Thank you for your consideration in remembering them daily by calling their names to our Lord.P.S. The picture is of him holding an eighth/ninth century manuscript. This is not the oldest manuscript he has seen, but, as you can imagine, he considers it a great privilege to have seen some of these ancient documents God has given us.
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