We were on Jay Leno last night

While Jay might not have invited us as special guests on the show (yet), we are working our way up there. During his "Headlines" segment, he had the blurb from our local newspaper about our "Africa Night" event we did on October 18.

Re-defining a "Missionary Dinner"

My mom and step-dad called us at 10:15 completely flabbergasted. They told me the story about how we were on Jay Leno. I think I laughed for about an hour straight. I had no idea that our headline would be on there. I have no idea who submitted it to the show. Of course, the show didn't contact (nor will they) about having our picture and headline on the show. It was just one of those sudden crazy things.

We called friends and family on the West Coast immediately to let them know to tune in when it aired in their time zone. The Doughertys burned a copy to DVD for us, and David Wright captured it and put in on YouTube.

They say everyone has 15 minutes of fame, and this definitely counts towards ours. Fourteen minutes and forty seconds still awaiting us in our future.

Quote of the Day available again

I took advantage of my uncle's high speed Internet this week and did two months worth of quotes.

Quote of the Day over on my Word Press blog

Web page update

Lots of new picture albums. Ministry updates. Working links. I hope you can cancel your plans for the next two hours. This internet invention is addicting.

http://murphy.kijabe.org/Murphys_Website/Welcome.html

A complete evening

To help the parents in attendance, Heather took the kids aside and gave them their own little Afria Night, complete with coloring book passports and "Look who's a missionary!" video.

Sharing from the heart

Alex shared about the cultural impressions she got when visiting Tanzania. She also explained how financial support can make a huge difference in the church they support. I focused my message on the growth of Christianity around the world and the remaining challenges we face in missions.

More pictures from the weekend

With over 50 friends and family in attendance, we had a great time talking beforehand. Our display table and books gave people a chance to learn about Africa on their own. We did notice a high number of purple shirts that evening. Is there something about Africa that makes people think purple? Hmmm.....

Africa Night

Sunday night we had a huge event at the church I grew up in. Although we've been speaking all over the county (about a dozen churches in the past 3 months), we still have friend and family who haven't been able to hear our presentation. We wanted to create an event where they could come, and we could treat them to some African delicacies. The Witts, whose daughter has visited Tanzania, are instrumental in supporting a congregation in Africa, and they teamed up with us to put on AFRICA NIGHT. Here are some photos from the night. Randy and I are cooking up some stew and soup. My mom is getting ready to serve the desserts.