Thanks be to God, the Phillips family and Vision Forum staff are back from the Pacific where we enjoyed a beautiful season of ministry, fellowship with the saints, and preparation for 2006. Thanks again to our sponsors and friends who made this adventure possible. God was kind to open up many wonderful opportunities to learn, to grow, to refresh, and to serve. It was a joy. Thanks to all of you dear readers who sent in notes indicating that you missed the blog entries. This week, I will be posting a number of entries which detail our recent adventures, as well as commentary on a few items I missed while out of town, including the flap over the new film End of the Spear.

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition — we are ready for a blessed year of service to the King. May the God of mercies, through His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, be kind to shine His favor upon each of us and our nation in 2006.