As I was flying back to Tulsa from Wichita, KS yesterday I was struck by what God put into motion decades ago through his servant George Foster. Cruising above a scattered cloud deck @ 7,500 feet, I couldn’t help but be amazed at God’s plans. I’m not even sure when it started, but God wired George with a passion to fly. In 1981 George bought a Cessna 182.
Little did George know that his purchase 27 years later would be used to expand God’s kingdom through literacy mission. Yesterday it was used to fly LEI’s W. Africa Director, Gregory Bangura (pictured) to visit a mission pastor in Wichita, KS. The visit provided the opportunity to discuss Literacy projects in W. Africa and beyond. Two weeks prior I was able to fly myself, without the delay of airport security, to a preaching engagement at First Presby. Church Aurora, IL.
The amazing thing is that God says, “I planned all of this long ago.” (Isaiah 37:26)
George has passed on and now waits for us in heaven. What stories we will get to tell when we see him. But maybe from his perspective, maybe he already knows and is with God smiling down on us even as we remember.
May God continue to bless those who have fond memories of God's servant George Foster.
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