The first day of debrief I walked in
the conference room and found that the floor was covered in a soft
green plush layer made of yarn with padding under it. My first
thought was this is different, and really nice why don’t more people
do this. For a minute I actually thought that it was a novel idea
before realizing that it was just carpet. It has been almost 8 months
since I have seen carpet, I hadn’t really thought about it and I
didn’t realize how much I missed it until I saw it again. It is so
nice to just sit on a soft floor and not feel the cold hard cement
underneath it. It got me thinking about the other things that I miss
and so here is a list of things that I take for granted at home that
you can’t hardly find where we have been lately.
- Carpet
- Overstuffed couches
- Electricity that stays on for more than
a couple hours at a time - Buildings that are bug free
- Uninterrupted Sleep
- Good Coffee
- Quality Micro Brew
- Being able to pull my phone out of my
pocket and call anyone anytime - Internet that doesn’t suck
- Grocery stores that have and entire
cereal aisle, fresh milk and anything else you can think of, in one
stop - Netflix
- Driving my own truck
- The mountains
- Cold weather
- Mom’s cookin
- Quality tools
- My own space
- Fresh Air
- Clean water
- Sundeos
- My family
- My community
- People that don’t think they have to
yell to communicate - Public restrooms
- Dogs that aren’t mangy
- Tillamook ice cream
But it is worth giving it all up to be
able to partner with God and be a part of what he is doing in the
nations. To spend time loving the outcasts, the poor, the forgotten.
For a chance to see how much of the rest of the world lives. To reach
the one and introduce them to Christ and his and grace. As much as I
miss all of those things I want to stay in the field for as long as
God wants me here. But if I don’t raise $3500 this month then I will
have to consider coming home. I know many have given above your means
already but I would ask you to take a minute right now and ask the
Lord if he would have you continue to sow into this ministry and to
keep me out here doing his work. I had nearly $1000 come in in a
matter of a couple weeks last month so I know that you are out there
and that you care. I will say that every bit helps. Even just $25 at
a time will get us there. Almost half of the money raised so far has
come in donations of less than $100. I have been praying that God
would ask you to stretch yourself a little in your giving so that he
can bless you for your willingness to partner with Him. And I believe
that he will, if you give what ever he is asking you, I believe He
will blow you away with how he blesses you in that. I am sure some of
you out there have already had this happen I would love to hear about
it so I could include your stories in a future blog. Just click the
email me link up near the top of the page on the left hand side and
tell me about it.
I love and miss you all
Andy
