Stuff squared
You 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.
January 7th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I have no doubt that you’ll come through when you need to!
January 8th, 2008 at 1:20 am
Maybe we’ll pop in.
Your site doesn’t come up at work anymore, thanks to a new district-approved firewall. So I’ll be looking you up from the homestead from now on.
I’m not sure what difference it makes.
January 8th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
I don’t have to read about the dollar’s decline … I experience it daily!
January 9th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I hear you. When someone expects so much from with it can be hard to swallow.
January 10th, 2008 at 11:31 am
I’m surprised she didn’t ask for which of you could provide meals so she could plan out that part of her itinerary. Sometimes we have to travel on faith or we come off like this lady.