Hello Folks,
     The summer activities are fast approaching for me and probably for all of you.  Next week I will be in Anderson, In at the annual camp meeting and General Assembly meeting.  While I look forward to seeing folks that I have not seen in a while I really dread the trip.  If it were not for the fact that I feel the great need to participate in our national ministry efforts I would stay home.  Of course, it also helps that Ruth and I will take a week vacation and visit with our children while we are close to them.  When we come back we will bring 3 or 4 of grandchildren back with us for a couple of weeks.  We really look forward to having them here with us.
     When I read the news I often wonder what our nation and our world will look like in 20 years.  The state of Virginia appointed a judge, against the state legislatures desires, that is extremely pro-homosexual.  General Mills, JC Penny's, Home Depot and others are showing that they are also pro-homosexual.  The President of the U.S. has come out in favor of homosexual "marriages' and has directed the Justice Department to no longer enforce the laws of our land including the Defense of Marriage Act.  What will we look like in 20 years? 
     The answer to all this is that the church of God still has Jesus as its head and that will never change.  I wonder if much of what we see is nothing more than indications that we are moving toward the time when His church will be encircled by the paganistic forces of our world and He will have to intervene?  Of course this could just be nothing more than the surmising of an older man but it makes you wonder.

May He Bless You All,

HGRudd