Lets talk about this group of guys.  To the left there is my best friend Brandon Bozarth.  He's from Southern Illinois and holds the record for most bad jokes told in a day and he won the award for man that needs a haircut the worst!!!  He has been the most encouraging friend that I have ever known and I love him as I would a blood brother.  To my right is another one of my best friends Grant Hannah.  He was the guy that introduced me to Campus Crusade for Christ and was with me when I accepted Christ as my Savior.  His 2007 awards are:  Most improved Mandarin and most likely to burn the chilli at lunch.  To the far right is Randy Lindgren.  He and Brandon were my roomates last summer.  Randy has always been good for a joke when you're feeling down or a Harry Potter movie to pick you up.  His 2007 awards are:  Most likely to spill a hot glass of cider on me, farthest hay bail tosser of the year, and most improved Trekke.  I would have to say that these three men have been amazing encouragements in my walk with the Lord.  Sometimes in our lives we take for granted the blessings that God gives us everyday in our lives.  Just knowing these three friends of mine and having spent 3 years of my life with them will be a hard road to venture off of.  In ACTS 3:25-26, it says " And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers.  He said to Abraham, 'Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.  When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways."  I guess tonight when I pray to God I will definitely praise him for the many ways he blesses me and for the great fellowship he has shown me through the best friends in my life.  I pray that all of you will realize these blessings as well.  Tomorrow our biblestudy will be discussing ACTS 4.  Every chapter I read in ACTS I continue to wonder about how God is going to use each and every one of us in South Africa.  If you could all pray for the continued growth of all the guys in this study and also that we love the Lord more every day, every hour, and every minute of our lives.  May God bless you tomorrow as He has so richly blessed me today!  Until tomorrow all

Marcus