Meanwhile.  There’s a word we don’t like too much.  It sounds like “waiting,” and, for Americans, waiting is a bad word.  Type-A people don’t like “meanwhile” either, it implies something may have impeded progress.  But, “meanwhile” can also refer to the reality that things can happen in a couple of places at the same time.  That is one of the implications in our text for Sunday.  We’ll be back in Acts 18 this week to study what was going on in Corinth while the people in Thessalonica were reading Paul’s letters and learning about life as a follower of Christ.  Our Infinite Father is not limited to working in one place at a time.  That was not only true in Corinth and Thessalonica, it’s true in Greenville and Thailand.  God is working through the Comptons in Thailand and He is working here.  They just baptized six new believers; we will baptize 18 people (Lord willing) on the evening of May 5.  Missions is not something distinct and unusual.  “Missions” is what we are doing here…someplace else.  We have Global Staff (so to speak), that are doing gospel work in places we cannot go.  We have Missional Partners that facilitate missional work for those on the frontlines.  We have National Missional Partners that do a better work in the places that they live than we could do if we went.  They know the culture, the language AND they know Christ and are able to share Him and His life full time when they have our support.  As you’ll see from our text for Sunday.  This is as it should be.  If you are currently praying/giving for global outreach, thank you!