Evendays

There has been a garbage strike going on in Naples for months. Seems that the Mafia controls the garbage pickup and disposal, and they decided to flex their muscles. There is garbage everywhere, stacked up on every other corner. Plastic bags float in the wind. Gulls and dogs nip at the garbage.

But the 14 youth who went on the mission trip never mentioned these things. When asked what they had seen, not a one mentioned the piles of trash or the nearby sea or Mont Vesuvius towering in the background. Not one.

They said they saw people who gave up their beds and slept on the floor so their guests could rest comfortably. They said they saw fellow Christians looking out for their guests’ every need. They said they saw hospitality that they’d never seen before and a desire to share Jesus with the inhabitants of the city of Naples.

They said they saw God at work, and that His perfume was invading the streets of Naples.

That’s what they said. 

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