We believe there will be a rich harvest from the seeds of encouragement, enlightenment, challenge, and friendship which were liberally sown throughout Dr. Greg Gardner’s visit to Nebraska. Our physician friend and longtime pro-life colleague from Birmingham, England was kept busy in his 4 and 1/2 day stay with us and a lot of ground was covered in the many stimulating conversations we enjoyed together.
But it was not only Claire and I who were blessed to talk over many things with Greg; indeed, we count about 72 people he met in that brief time.
Among Dr. Gardner’s activities while he was here were an in-depth tour and ministry review of Assure Women’s Center and radio interviews with Jackie Mahr at Walnut Radio and Karen Bowling at Nebraska Family Alliance down in Lincoln. Also, Greg spoke to 24 veteran pro-life advocates after a large potluck dinner at the home of Dr. Ralph and Carol Kramper.
But folded into all of these events were other breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and coffees where he was able to engage with Vital Signs Board members, many of our colleagues, even several of our neighbors. And those discussions explored many, many areas including the comparative states of the culture, church, politics, and pro-life movement in both the U.S. and the U.K.
It was a terrific ministry and Claire and I can certainly testify that know that Vital Signs Ministries will be profoundly affected for the good as we evaluate and enact things the we discussed with our dear friend. Thank you, Grace for lending your husband to us for this brief but momentous time!
