Yesterday, our group spent a good bit of time talking about how we are going to take what God has taught us with us back home. We also talked about some of the challenges facing each of us individually. Some of these were as simple as use of time and keeping going with the spirit of prayer we have bee in much of the week... Some were bigger like Gos providing peace and perspective in the midst of ongoing crisis in the family. Whatever it was for each person, these challenges and struggles are very real.
In Luke 24, Jesus tells his disciples to wait for power from on high before they set out into the world in His name... In many ways we have experienced a special anointing of God's presence this week, as we've stepped into a dark place in his name - our prayer is that as we head home, we see our surroundings there with spiritual eyes and wait in God's Spirit each day to give us the strength that is essential in our battle against the rulers, forces, and powers of this far world (see Ephesians 6).
Today, please pray for this to be recognized by our team and for each of them to be surrounded by people to help them in this (perhaps that is some of you).
On a seperate note, today is my wife's birthday... I'm not sure of the exact statistics, but I have missed most of the last 8 years worth of birthdays because I always seem to be on one of our mission trips. Also usually miss Father's Day, which didn't matter too much until the last two years... So, I'm looking forward to sometime in the next week having a birthday / father's day celebration.
I'm not sure what kind of reunion or conversation each team member is planning, but I know we're all looking forward to it... See you all soon...
One more post to come... Around midday.
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