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Dispatch from the End of the World

Trying to minister amid the ancient Mayan ruins of Palenque.

As I am finishing this it is 4:11 a.m. It is raining harder than I've seen in years, and a couple of the young guys in our camp are trying to command the storm to calm in the name of Jesus. I'll sign off and try to find a way to keep dry.

Phil Wyman pastors the Gathering, a small, independent church in Salem, Massachusetts. He blogs at squarenomore.blogspot.com.His article "Finding Jesus at Burning Man" appeared in CT's July/August issue.


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Claire Bennett

December 21, 2012  5:18pm

If this is Phil Wyman from Church on the Coast: Hi Phil and Bev and Elijah. Happy to hear you are up to such interesting adventures.

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