A week ago today the Mexico Mission team of New Harvest returned home. We had an incredible time. We were able to provide a home for a family and a church building for a community. The team was challenged, found joy, and even had a little fear (heavily armed Federali wearing ski masks). We’d work hard all day and play hard in the evenings. We formed relationships with each other and the families in the neighborhood we worked. We spent time in the Bible and worshipped God in different languages. It was an awesomeexperience.
Just like in previous years, the drive home consisted of many comments similar to, “I can’t wait to do this again next year.” As the organizer of this trip, I am glad students were impacted so much that they are willing to raise money, give a week, and spend countless hours in a vehicle just to experience it again. At the same time, I sort of cringe when I hear this.
As we returned to the US and filed into the church we would be sleeping at that night, I gathered the students and shared my heart with them. This Sunday I’ll be doing the same with you. We’ll have student testimony, a great slideshow, and some awesome stories. In the end I will be asking you the same question I asked them,
Does God call us to a variety of missional experiences or to missional living?
I look forward to being with you this Sunday at New Harvest. See ya then.
(If you aren’t able to attend this Sunday, I’ll be posting part 2 on Monday.)