
Whirlwind
[caption id="attachment_2800" align="alignright" width="300"] mongolian whirlwind. photo credit: wikipedia[/caption] Back January, I took a team to Spain to lead worship for a conference of international missionaries serving in dozens of other countries (the previous post featured some lessons learned from that trip). One of my favorite things was that, several times, people told us “Thanks for coming to serve us – we never get to do this in ___________ (whatever country they’re serving in).” Getting to worship publicly, in community, and in your heart language is something we can do each week – but it’s just one of many things they’ve given up to follow their call. It’s a privilege to serve them. That trip also helps to expand the relationship with Cru’s Global Missions division, which leads to opportunities…