There is a pastor who is staying at Shiloh even as we speak.  He comes up from Daoula every year around this time and spend either two or three nights with us.  He seems to be a true man of God, from all that we can tell.  But we don't really know him all that well, even though this is the fourth year he has come to us.  

You see, this pastor, like a number of other people just like him, is here to spend time with his Lord.  He wisely makes a reservation in advance.  Not everyone does, and those who just "show up" run the risk of being turned away at the gate.  Shiloh is a very popular place.  

But I digress.  This pastor registers in the office and is then taken to his room (whichever room has been reserved for him) where he disappears.  We do not see him again until his spiritual retreat is over with.  We can hear his room door open and close and the bathroom door open and close, but that is all.  We never see him in the library.  He never searches us out to interact with us.  He does not eat while he is here at Shiloh.  He is here fasting and praying and seeking God's face.  And typically, when we let him out at the gate at the end, he will have spent a wonderful time in the presence of his Lord and Master.

Shiloh exists for pastors just like this man, for church leaders, and for ordinary Christians who want to spend time with the Most High God.  And since we are not allergic to missionaries, they are welcome, too on a space available basis.  What a high honor to provide this place of spiritual retreat for pastors like this dear man who traveled all the way up here from Daoula.