[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 11935]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      THANKING THE GUEST CHAPLAIN

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I wish to take a moment to thank Rev. Paul 
Rowold, pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Polson, MT.
  The prophet Isaiah wrote:

       The Lord has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may 
     know how to sustain the weary with a word.

  Thank you, Pastor Paul, for being here to sustain us today and 
opening our Senate in prayer.
  Pastor Paul served Lutheran congregations in several other places in 
the country--Rockford, IL, and Englewood, CO--prior to his call to 
Polson, MT, in 1977.
  Polson--for those of you who don't know, and I am sure more of you 
do--is a small community on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana. 
It sits at the south end of Flathead Lake, one of the largest natural 
freshwater--actually, to be precise, we have to get our adjectives 
lined up here--Flathead is the largest freshwater lake west of the 
Mississippi and, I might say, near some of the most pristine wilderness 
on the planet.
  Pastor Paul is an expert on the Holy Land, and he has traveled there 
more than 20 times, both as an archaeologist and as a tour guide. We 
were just earlier talking about his experience as a tour guide and just 
how wonderfully warm he and his family have been received as tour 
guides when they have been in Palestine. It was very warm and 
encouraging just listening to him describe that.
  He is here today with his wife Donna and two of his daughters, Katie 
and Stephanie, as well as with many of his extended family. They are 
all enjoying this moment with Pastor Paul, and we welcome all of you 
here today, too.
  So, Paul, thank you for your life of faith, your leadership of the 
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, and for your service to the community of 
Polson, MT, and to many others who I know attend your church.
  Thank you very much.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Casey). The majority leader is recognized.

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