Evendays

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Historically, people have “done missions” in many different ways. There are those who “go native”, completely leaving their home culture behind, dressing, eating and speaking like the locals. (Some don’t even speak to their kids in their mother tongue.) Others adapt, keeping some of their own culture and mixing it with the local culture.

Then there’s going Colonial. Not advised, but exactly what we’re doing this week. Thanksgiving is not a Swiss holiday, but we import it every year and invite as many of our friends and contacts as possible. On Thursday evening, we will be 27 sitting down for a good ‘ole traditional Thanksgiving meal. We’re talking about a 17.5 pound turkey and enough salads and desserts to warp the serving table.

The goal is not to eat, but to give opportunities for lives to change… That through communion and hospitality, windows to God are opened and people see, just a bit more clearly, who God is.

Happy Thanksgiving, my dear friends!