This past Friday we picked up a team of 7 from our home church, Midtown, in Columbia, SC (where we met and fell in love, ooh la la). Even though it's been a 4-day holiday weekend here, we hit the ground running with their activities during their 3-week stay.
Let me just tell y'all- these folks are great. Friendly, flexible, positive, encouraging. Even though those things are awesome, the best thing so far has been their hearts to serve here.
They aren't here for an experience or a check off of a bucket list. They are here to come alongside what Wyatt and I are doing with Clothed in Hope, and to be an asset to our organization in the long run. Sure short-term trips are tricky, but if I could point to a model of what it should look like, I'd point to these people.
They are here to learn. They are here to uplift and add value. They recognize how we're pretty busy every day, and they choose to sacrifice their own rest time to wash our dishes, pray over our work and our marriage, and even just provide friendship through which we can chat about life and silly things.
We are thrilled that these people are here, that God hand-selected this particular group to come in this season. It's so obvious that He has poured out His grace in ways we didn't even know we needed.
...And don't tell, but we're probably going to cancel their flights home since they're just too great to send back to America ;)
Here's a photo of their first full day in Zambia:
We'd love for y'all to join us in praying for them: for the health of each person, for Jesus to open their eyes to what He wants to teach them in this place, and that they would remain encouraged no matter what happens the next few weeks. (And maybe that some of them would want to stay here forever, a selfish prayer but hey, just being real.)
Zikomo, y'all!
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