Right now I'm sitting in the San Diego Airport about an hour from boarding to head back to New Jersey. It was a good week. Yesterday we finished the house and gave the keys over to an obviously grateful husband and wife. I think what made it so special was the fact that we were doing this for people who weren't even a part of the local church. They were simply a family in need in the community that needed to be cared for. There was no agenda of doing anything more than providing them with an earthly need that we definitely were able to supply. I like something one person said during our final debrief last night. We so often look at the very big picture and see the issues that are affecting the whole community, nation, or globe and often forget that it is all about reaching with real relationships one person at a time and being intentional about the little things that actually count. For the family that we helped we did so much, we built a house and through that house Jesus Christ reached to the depths of their hearts and, I believe, planted seeds in their lives.
With this trip out of the way, now what? How will this change my life? It really is true that short term missions trips can be of benefit to those helped but really it is those that go that benefit the most. So what was it that God truly laid on my life this week? To be honest, I don't know yet. I think he will unravel some of that in the days and weeks to come, but for now, I think I am still just chewing on what has actually happened and how God spoke as a result. Perhaps I will think and write on these things during the flight and hopefully start to have an answer to that. Famous last words I know, I'm still not sure I have totally done that from my trip to Israel. I will see what I can do though.
In His Perfect Peace,
-AM
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