This wonderful church is very similar to the church of my youth, so sweet friend, let's go back a few years and climb the steps, find a pew, settle in and listen "somewhat" intently to a missionary sharing scenes of wild animals, primitive villages, and families sitting around a large pot– wait, isn't that the missionary –isn't that monkey head meat? Finally…. He ends the service by encouraging people to consider missionary work and leads them to sing "I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go Dear Lord". I slump down in my pew and in my youthful mind I say "No way God, Not Me! Many years later God calls my daughter Melody and family to darkest Africa and on to the Middle East.
God worked through this same message to encourage Rachel Jones and her family to "move with Jesus toward need, not comfort. She writes "What is the greatest good you can do for your children? We believed strongly that "moving toward need" was one of the greatest goods we could do for them (Today as a family, they serve on the foreign mission field). I am grateful that children of all ages, in child-like faith are often unaware of their "missionary status" to those around them.
Be encouraged sweet friend God's Word equips you for "your" mission field. Let's share the Majesty and Glory of our loving Lord through our daily mission outreach "no matter where we are".
with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths".