Day After the Bible Dedication

 After returning from the full day drive back from the Bible Dedication, we took the team in Antigua to discover more of this beautiful gem of a city.  Glenn and I got up before sunrise to take some wonderful shots.

 We took Jean to visit classmates from Moody Bible Institute, Paul and Ruth, who live in Antigua.

Popti Bible Dedication

Psalms 119:105

Your Word is a lamp for my feet,

a light on my path.

The Popti Bible Dedication

check out the video

Last month we participated in the Bible Dedication of the Popti Bible. The Stratmeyers, missionaries with Wycliffe Bible Translators, spent their entire lives living and working with the Jacaltec people who speak the Popti dialect in the small villages of Jacaltenango and Concepcion, near the Mexican border.

We met up with a delegation of folks from Metropolitan Baptist Church in Oklahoma City and others.  Jean and several of her adult children flew down from the states to participate in this awesome achievement and celebration.

The full day of activities included a parade through the village of Concepcion, Guatemala.  It was followed by a Bible Dedication ceremony right there on the main plaza.  With the catholic church as the back drop, the plaza was filled with the Mayan group of Popti speakers.  

Finally, they have the complete Bible, the Word of God in their own language.

Several people from the community came up to the platform to thank the Stratmeyers for their years of dedication of this Bible translation project.  The Boxes of Bibles were handed out to several organizations including large denominational churches and organizations.  Praise the Lord!

The Popti Dedication.  Check out the video.

What an accomplishment!  Praise the Lord for His faithfulness!

December 23, 1978

What statements are true?

Then -- 1978

• "Oh, Judy, you don't have to drive all the way down to Duncanville and see Tom and Mary." 
• "Oh, but Mom, who knows I might meet my husband."
• I had lunch with my high-school friend, Donna, at a hamburger place, once an old Gasoline station now hamburger joint on Greenville, Ave. 
• I drove 35 miles south of home and visited old college friends of mine, Tom and Mary, who were not currently home, but were out doing last minute Christmas shopping.
• Shy Glenn came over to the Beekman's home also before Tom and Mary return and we were able to meet for the VERY-FIRST-TIME.
• Dec 23, 1978, 6 months after graduating from college, I met Glenn Stewart.  5 days later, December 28, 1978, we had our first date. 

 I am so glad I met you.  I love you, Glenn

You are the Man!  Happy "First time I met you" Anniversary

Meals Out on Our Patio

We like to eat our breakfast and lunch meals out on our patio.  We love the view, cool weather and enjoy the beauty of God's creation.

Psalms 19:1

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.