2009 and still no flying cars on the road...I'm disappointed really.
Lauren and I began the formal application process with AIM (African Inland Mission,
not Adventures in Missions) a couple of months ago, and will be completely done with on February 28th.
We have been courting AIM for the past 2 years as we've tried to figure out which organization we would partner with to go back to Sudan. All the while, we've been trying to learn how to minister and love each other, our co-workers, our neighbors in St. John's and His Church.
2 years seems like a long time to us too, but when I think about Jesus' greatest commandment: to love God with all of our EVERYTHING...and to love our neighbors even more than we love ourselves, I think that might take a lifetime. Once we've mastered those two things, we'll move on to bigger things I'm sure. ;)
It's been a long time coming for us...finally getting into the vein of a long-term deployment into this tribe in southern Sudan called the Didinga, whom we've both now come to love so dearly.
I am thankful for those of you who have encouraged us in our pursuits of our neighbors cross-culturally here in St. John's through your prayers, time, kind words, and actions. It has been overwhelmingly good. He has been overwhelmingly good to us THROUGH you. Indeed, we have much to learn as we move together towards this partnership, but I am confident that He is going to complete this good work even until our last breath.
I know he will do the same for all of us who continue to learn how to die each day.
Please pray for us leading up to our final application step: Candidate week from Feb 23 - 28th.
After that, and God willing, we'll be ready to GO once we've raised the prayer, financial, and logistical support we will undoubtedly need in order to be sent well.
With love for you, in Jesus' name....
Love.
Comments (1)
lOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!