Tiny country. I found a website of the missionaries who started the only Baptist church in the islands. Cool to read about their work by clicking here The Utter family I've included some pictures of the church below. Can't wait to worship there!
I also found a good description of the islands from one of their websites...
"There are 29 atolls and 5 islands which comprise the Marshalls. An atoll is a ring of coral reef with a lagoon in the middle. The rings are not contiguous and are oval or irregular in shape. On Majuro, the island averages just less than 1/4 mile wide. It is approximately 1/2 mile wide at its widest point. The highest point is about 10 or 12 feet above sea level. The total land area of all the Marshalls is about 70 square miles, yet they cover over 70,000 square miles of ocean. If a map of the Marshalls were overlaid on top of the eastern US, they would extend from Michigan to northern Florida.
I also found a good description of the islands from one of their websites...
"There are 29 atolls and 5 islands which comprise the Marshalls. An atoll is a ring of coral reef with a lagoon in the middle. The rings are not contiguous and are oval or irregular in shape. On Majuro, the island averages just less than 1/4 mile wide. It is approximately 1/2 mile wide at its widest point. The highest point is about 10 or 12 feet above sea level. The total land area of all the Marshalls is about 70 square miles, yet they cover over 70,000 square miles of ocean. If a map of the Marshalls were overlaid on top of the eastern US, they would extend from Michigan to northern Florida.
Laura Baptist Church, Majuro, Marshall Islands
Continue your prayers.
Kathy
"I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again,strengthen your brothers." Luke 22:32
