Well, it's about to get real. Janice, our pastor's wife and mission leader, is going to be buying our plane tickets to Swaziland this week. Now it's time to start thinking about the trip itself.
Janice has picked "We Have Hope" as the theme for this year's trip. As Janice puts it, "Hope is so powerful. Hope is a spark. My most desperate moments have been when I did not have hope in a situation. Hope makes everything brighter, possible, imaginable, new, tolerable, expectant...hope is a gift. Think about Hope. Think about when it brought you through a rough spot. Think about how hope made you focus on a better outcome instead of focusing on disaster.Imagine being a child who is orphaned and starving. Then a person arrives with food. Food can transform your physical being. Being remembered, being thought about and cared for can transform your spirit. What if...? HOPE? Choose Hope!"
At Janice's suggestion, I'm going to focus some blog entries on hope leading up to our trip. I'll start with what I hope to do on this trip.
I hope to bring smiles and comfort to some orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC's). I hope to bring them food. I hope to see first hand the impact Christian love and compassion can have on a society so devastated by HIV/AIDS. I hope we can help. I hope we can make a difference.
As for myself, I hope to be changed. I hope to be challenged. I hope to be convicted.
I have a lot of hope for this mission.
Janice has picked "We Have Hope" as the theme for this year's trip. As Janice puts it, "Hope is so powerful. Hope is a spark. My most desperate moments have been when I did not have hope in a situation. Hope makes everything brighter, possible, imaginable, new, tolerable, expectant...hope is a gift. Think about Hope. Think about when it brought you through a rough spot. Think about how hope made you focus on a better outcome instead of focusing on disaster.Imagine being a child who is orphaned and starving. Then a person arrives with food. Food can transform your physical being. Being remembered, being thought about and cared for can transform your spirit. What if...? HOPE? Choose Hope!"
At Janice's suggestion, I'm going to focus some blog entries on hope leading up to our trip. I'll start with what I hope to do on this trip.
I hope to bring smiles and comfort to some orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC's). I hope to bring them food. I hope to see first hand the impact Christian love and compassion can have on a society so devastated by HIV/AIDS. I hope we can help. I hope we can make a difference.
As for myself, I hope to be changed. I hope to be challenged. I hope to be convicted.
I have a lot of hope for this mission.
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