Thank you Supporters!

I had the privilege of attending the adult sunday school class at Riverside when I was home in Cocoa Beach two sundays in a row.  They've been going through John Ortberg's video series called, "When the Game is Over, It All goes back in the Box."  Throughout this series, John Ortberg elaborates on this idea: Winning the game of life on Earth is a temporary victory; loving God and other people with all our hearts is an eternal one.  Session 4 led us into discussions about our calling in life and times when we choose comfort over our callings and in essence tell God, "No thanks."  

Sometimes, and probably more often than not, I think that God calls us to do things that require the assistance and teamwork of other people.  When was the last time that God called you to do something that didn't involve anyone else?  Divine appointments from the Lord involve others- to help others, comfort others, teach others, love others, forgive others, etc.   The Church is a group of people who are unified in their faith, cause, purpose and passion.  Our personal giftings have been given to us individually and differently and uniquely but they are not in a vacuum.  When one person feels a call to go love on the homeless in their area - they could probably use a lot of other people to help them in that calling- to carry it out.  We end up helping others to fulfill their callings and others help us to carry out our own.  This is all so evident in my own life.  I LOVE my job here in Monterrey.  I absolutely LOVE that I have been called and placed in a position where I can spend my everyday defending and loving on the orphan child in this city.  But in no way at all could I do that all by myself.  There is a huge and amazing team of people who have joined me in this - to send me here - to support my life and work here and I'm so incredibly thankful for each and every one of you.  Thank you all for being so encouraging and supportive through your words, emails, notes, hugs, thoughts, donations, financial contributions and prayers.  WE are in this together.  THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

Romans 12:4-5, "For as in one physical body we have many parts and all of these parts do not have the same function or use, so we, numerous as we are, are one body in Christ and individually we are parts of one another [mutually dependent on one another]."