This week, I'm assembling our Team's medical group to determine what sort of supplies we'll need. In the past, teams have shipped disposables in checked luggage.
My latest read is Sun Stand Still by Steve Furtick; a fairly quick read having to do with "audacious faith" and is based on Joshua and his prayer to delay nightfall so the Israelite army could see their foes and defeat them. Highly recommended.
As my family and friends know, I usually have 4-5 books going at once (is this a problem?) and I'm still reading The Hole In Our Gospel, which is a current favorite. Richard Stearns' journey from atheist to CEO to CEO of World Vision is truly an amazing calling. Even more amazing are the inspiring stories of lives changed.
For example, one man has a congregation of 70 people that come to his house on stilts in Cambodia. People come from all over, and when a wedding is performed, "runners" go to neighboring villages to borrow a guitar! The journies take all day. Turns out the man was extremely suspicious of Christians until he acutally confronted one, asking why they were vaccinating people for TB.
It turns out that the Christian man stated that he "is a follower of Jesus Christ" and his mission is to show Christ's love through serving others. Their conversation continued and the future pastor accepted Christ then and there.
We have so many resources available to us, explaining what the Bible means. Any of us can visit Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or any other store and find thousands of books on Christianity. Others around the world are living and dying (see the latest on the crisis in Niger) without knowing who Christ is. We need to change that.
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