Gilson Family News

Josh McDowell, Basketball, pneumonia…

Josh McDowell is in town for the weekend to share with parents and youth in Williamsburg. Our office team arranged for his coming, and we’ve been excited about this for months. His ministry is to help people understand what God says to us, and that it is trustworthy and true, as we live in a culture with an opposite message. That understanding is not only mental but relational, as Josh continually emphasizes, and the way it is passed along is not only academic, but it too is relational.

But it’s a busy weekend in many ways. Lisa Ann’s last Upward basketball game ever is tonight at 7:30. Both of our kids have been doing Upward every year the last ten years, and it’s hard to believe either of them has grown too old to play next year–but in fact now both of them are there now! So we don’t want to miss this final game, a kind of passage through time for our family. Which means we’ll miss Josh’s talk this evening.

He’ll be speaking at the Williamsburg Community Chapel tomorrow morning, and the family plans to be there then. I (Tom) have worked with Josh and his team extensively, and I would be finding ways to spend some time with him in between family events today, except that the pneumonia I’ve had since mid-January is still with me. It has me running at about half speed, or sometime less. I’m scheduled to see a specialist about it first thing Monday morning. Please pray that he will get it figured out, or that God would heal me even before that time.

Please keep praying for Jonathan, too, as he is studying Spanish at the community college while also taking his normal high school load of classes; and pray for Sara who has to manage all of us while I’m not at my best. Thanks!