We just had the Fulltime Pastoral Workers
Conference last week. Around 180 missionaries of young ministries of Couples for Christ
attended. There is something different when missionaries gather together,
sharing stories and worshipping as one. There is this common bond that is
beyond language. We can look at each other’s eyes and know even without saying
a word what we feel. Perhaps because we have answered the same call, the same
yes and the same craziness to abandon it all and so shares the same joy and
pain in the mission, but most of all because we have this common love for the
Lord and His mission.
The gathering for me is an affirmation of the call we
have answered. After two consecutive years of absence because I was in foreign
missions, being there re-affirms my call and fuels me further to serve. Talks
after talks, reflections after reflections, sharings after sharings, games
after games, presentations after presentations, there was just endless joy in
whatever we do. I believe this is what makes the mission contagious, the
overflowing joy that we radiates to one another. I thank the Lord for the gift
of mission and the privilege of serving Him.
by aats
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