Land of Our Sojourn

We shared at a bible study group a few nights ago. It was (as usual) a joy to speak to others about our work. We have come to enjoy speaking with groups from a generation or so older than us. So often we are divided up by our age or life stage. I truly enjoy listening to their conversations as they are different then what 30-somethings are talking about. I am blessed to see their faithfulness to the Lord and to hear about what challenges they are facing. 
During the course of our conversation someone mentioned how they really began to understand our work. The word that came to his mind was ‘unglamorous.’ That is such an apt description. We often feel the pressure to tell a story, give a report, give people something to engage with. But in reality the day to day work is very unglamorous. Homeschooling with a 7 & 5 year old with a 2 year old running around; doing a session at a local church but only 5 people show up; hearing the struggles of a national worker but not really knowing h...

We love our home assignments. There is much to look forward to that we don’t have at home. But there are those moments when we wonder, ‘What on earth are we doing to our kids?’ The last few months have brought that question to our minds again. After settling near K’s family and dear church community there, we backed up for 10 days and headed north. We spent two Sundays at wonderful churches, but churches that our kids didn’t know. We also had 5 or 6 meals with wonderful families, but again, people our kids didn’t know. And we 'moved’ into a small home provided for us - another home that our kids didn’t know. You get the picture. You can see why we were a little anxious to see how they would react to these changes. Well… they didn’t amazingly well. Both churches had very different Sunday schools, but our kids happily did whatever. They played great at the other homes and genuinely enjoyed playing with new kids. Sometimes we fear what 'damage’ our lives might do to our child...