Revealing the Father's Heart

I wrote this as I was on the plane to London...we have had an amazing layover here and everyone is ready to get some much needed rest! Well we are about halfway through with what will be an over two day long journey to Namibia. It's still totally unreal and I don't know if it will fully hit me until my feet are on the ground! I have really enjoyed getting to know my team over the past few days! We really are an incredible mixture of personalities who somehow fit really well together. One of the things that really stuck with me the most from the four days of training that we had was that missions is not so much about what WE are going out and doing for others but rather it is more about meeting people where THEY are at and building relationships with them.  This idea is modeled in the life of Jesus, who entered the world not as a King, on a level above the average person. Instead he came as a baby and lived a life that allowed Him to identify with ALL of the challenges and tempt...

As of today, there are only two more weeks until I go for training in Indiana before leaving for Africa! I have been spending the past few days getting to know my team better and praying that God would knit our hearts together. He is also showing me more and more about the significance of community in my life and the body of Christ.  This morning in my quiet time, I was reading about the Tower of Babel. It was as though God highlighted these words for me: "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them " Gen. 11:6 If these words were true in a negative sense then how much more in a positive one! When we are "speaking the same language," we can accomplish anything! Now I don't think that this means we all need to go out and learn French or Japanese, but it's about learning how to love one another and join together with a common purpose.  A New Testament example of this is found ...