On the way to the Oregon state home school conference this Thursday, Liberty and her Daddy ran into Phillips family friend and Olympian, Josh Davis. Participants at the 2004 San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival will remember that Josh served as one of the presenters. Of course, Josh is known around the world as a three-time gold medalist and two-time silver medalist in Olympic swimming competition, an American and World record holder, and the co-captain of the United States Olympic Swim Team. Because of his courage to boldly share the Gospel, God has given Josh a significant ministry of Christian encouragement. (Check out his website at www.joshdavis.com. I got a kick out of his humorous fencing commercial which is posted there.)

Josh honored us by kindly taking out two of his gold medals (which were in a sock) and placing them around our necks for a photo. I was suprised at their size and weight — bigger and heavier than I had imagined. Josh told me that the gold medals are actually silver encased in gold.

The most amazing thing Josh shared was his intention to train for the next Olympic Games. If successful, he would be the oldest swimmer to medal in Olympic history. Please pray for the blessing of God on Josh and his family.