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Needham Home, Sabga, Cameroon

8:27 am CDT - Arrival! - 71* F , mostly cloudy, calm wind

I just received an email from Tom Needham that he and John arrived at the Needham's home. The picture above is a shot from Google Earth showing their home complex! What a joy to have this journey completed and the Sportsman safely positioned where it will be used to serve the Lord and reach souls for Christ.

I reflected on Hebrews 12:1-3 this morning.

"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds."

Thank you so much to you who have followed the progress of this journey. You have been a cloud of witnesses encouraging John and giving him motivation to make wise decisions while moving forward in his travel. The airplane could not be cumbered down with excess weight but was expressly outfitted for the purpose of its trip. The focus of the journey was the destination of the Needhams' home. John could not drop his guard, but he had to maintain his resolve and stamina until reaching the goal.

All of us are on a journey. We also have this same challenge to have a focus. We have a cloud of witnesses, both on earth around us and unseen in Heaven, who are watching us make decisions as we travel from birth to death. In order to stay on the right path and finish well in this journey we call "life," our focus must be on Jesus Christ, who is called the "authour and finisher of our faith." He is "the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father" except through Him. Jesus gave his life and endured suffering and death by crucifixion because He received great joy in providing salvation for you and me by paying for our sin. But Jesus also rose again to life and is in Heaven today.

Are you focused on Christ? Or are you encumbered with the weight and distrations of life that keep you from choosing to follow Christ? We are told that "whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Please turn your eyes upon Jesus Christ and trust Him to deliver you from sin to eternal life in Heaven.