New Blog

Many people have asked me to set up a web page to post news about my ministry travels. While my son the computer wizard creates a web page for me (I hope he finishes before Jesus returns), I set up a Facebook page and a MySpace page. This blog should link to the personal pages and the Group page "Traveling Mercies Ministry."

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