it was cool tonight. worship led by Israel & New Breed, along with Tonex, Eddie Baltrip & Fulfillment, and Jehsyn Lavelle. it was good to take part in worshiping God. and what makes it even better is when we can worship together among friends.
in between acts, i got to meet and talk a bit with this guy who was standing next to us. he was a student at biola, majoring in education. it was neat to hear about what he's done and where he's traveled. 21 different countries in about 10 years. real cool. he's also gotten to take part in missions work and encouraged me to do the same. i thought back to conversations i had with friends about missions, saying how it'd be cool to do that. i remember going on an eight-day trip for an orphanage in juarez, mexico and how impacting that was. maybe i should take part in one, again. however the Lord leads..
i used to think that missions work was always about 'building' something, making some kind of material contribution, giving money. i mean, the sharing of the Good News was in there somewhere, but i had that idea that progress and impacting people's lives had to be measured by physical, material gain. i'm not sure where that came from. maybe it's society and the idea that we got to have a lot of 'stuff.' but i've heard people talk-- people, students, friends --who've gone on these trips and shared their experiences, and may not have necessarily given them money or stuff, but gave their time. and essentially gave themselves. they gave love, and there's no price on that. irreplaceable and undeniable.
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