1Pe 2:9  But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;  1Pe 2:10  who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. 

Derek Strauss

Born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia. After university, married Denise. We were baptized in 1980 in South Africa. Our daughter, Joni, was born in Johannesburg. We moved to USA in 1997 and we now live in Texas.