Isn't that Iron-ic?

Or is it iron-ish? Iron-esque? Not sure. Last week, the conference in Nagano was one of the most spiritually encouraging, inspiring and refreshing times that I've had in a long time. One of the themes was from Proverbs 27:17 that says, "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." Love that verse. The beauty of that scripture came home to me as I came to learn about all the creative and passionate ways all those people are serving Christ. And on top of that, ever since the conference my relationship with my dear friend and co-worker, Joel, has been re-energized. I know God has placed us together not only to serve the Japanese, but to encourage each other. Just tonight we were able to share about the ways that the Lord is speaking to us through His Word. Just like iron, baby! Here's a picture from the conference of "iron and iron."