I wrote this on 1/20/11 as a sort of response to something I had read in Pastor Jason's blog. When you're finished reading it, I would encourage you to thank God for the people He has placed in YOUR life as your partners in the Great Commission.
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"Who we journey through life with is important. We all need good friends that we can stand in Christ with. Praise God for your friends today and celebrate the fact that Jesus calls us to community and to live on mission with others who love us, love Him, and that we love."
Pastor Jason Pettus, Living Hope Baptist Church
I follow my pastor's blog. I don't know if that's creepy or not since I've only talked with him in person twice and I don't think he remembers who I am. But his posts bring me great encouragement so I justify that as a good enough reason to keep following his posts. :)
Recently, Pastor Jason wrote about Paul and the men who traveled with him in his ministry. As I was reading about them, my mind also wandered to Jesus and His twelve traveling companions, the disciples. As I came to the end of the blog post, I thought back over all the people that I have had the priviledge of serving with on the mission field and thought I should write a short blog very quickly to thank some of them for the way that they've impacted my life.
Jana Clark: As I was thinking about thanking you for serving with me on the mission field, I started running through all the trips in my head. At first the three years of LaVillita came to mind but then I remembered Reynosa, Mexico AND that one week in Mississippi! Oh, so many years...so many trips...SO MUCH IMPACT. You've played a huge part in my life (and continue to do so!) and I want to thank you about a million times for your constant friendship! I've always looked up to you and your faith and I'm glad that I had you as my example throughout my very first mission trips.
The Entire January 2010 Honduras Team: The entire time we were in Comayagua I thought constantly about how the trip would just have not been the same if we had had different people. I couldn't have wished for a better team to serve with. Everyone worked so well together and everyone's hearts were in the right place, which was just such a beautiful thing to witness...it just gave me a lot of encouragement. Thank you for showing me the definition of unity that week. Never forget that while you were a blessing to the people of Honduras, you blessed my heart as well.
Emily Harrod: Granted, I'm getting ahead of myself by about 5 months...But I am already so thankful that God blessed me with the priviledge to not only serve with one of the most Godly women I know, but someone who also happens to be one of my best friends! I know that the Lord is going to do great things with us in Africa this summer and I can't wait to see how that all plays out! Thank you for already being such a great encouragement to me (cause Lord knows I'll need that this summer!) and thank you for just being such a wonderful friend.
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