Stuff squared
Monday, January 7th, 2008You can read here about the dollar’s decline and its effect on European missions among the evangelical denominations.
BTW, we hardly ever go to McDonald’s, not for any reason other than we just don’t like it that much.
About hospitality… Yes, Sandra, MOST people are welcome. You, especially. We love guests! Yet sometimes I have trouble developing this gift, though I admit it is Wife who shoulders most of the load when guests come. (I just have to make sure the conversation is witty.) Let me explain: Just the other day several church workers here received an email from a woman (not a reader of this blog) who will be studying in Europe, but she’d like to travel during her time off. She politely asked us if we couldn’t announce to the church about her desire to travel so Christians could furnish her a bed. If we’d collect that info for her, then she’d decide on her itinerary and let us know when she’d be through. I found that hard to swallow (then promptly forwarded it on to 5 of my enemies so that nothing bad would happen to me…)
Our family has freely received much hospitality from family, friends, partners in our ministry… All of it done ungrudgingly. I’ll try to do the same.
