No Ordinary Life

The other day we were talking about "ordinary lives." It's pretty easy to feel like you are just going through life, maybe stuck in a bit of a routine, or trapped in a pace that requires your time, focus and energy.

The Bible talks about us being a peculiar people, and about the fact that Christ came to bring us abundant life. Not once we reach Heaven, but starting right now!

It can be easy to get caught up in daily "life" so that we lose sight of the fact that we are called to live extraordinary lives. For the team to realize that they have been able to travel over 20 000 kms, have five different currencies in their pockets, speak at a women's meeting under a tree in beneath the blazing sun, see children in a town of 12 000 where there are over 500 new cases of AIDS in the past year. Four days of no bathing, no flushing, and some of the team dealing with "intestinal challenges", we've held hands with filthy kids with huge smiles, and have carried kids on our shoulders who have smelt of urine, but who have also given the biggest hugs. We've visited a preschool with 170 children in the space of a Kelowna home.We've also stuck our feet in the Zambezi River, walked the edge of Victoria Falls, watched HUGE crocs fight with each other over food, bartered for goods, surfed in the Indian Ocean, been to six hours of church on one Sunday, and had many discussions about family, home, respect, spiritual warfare, walking with God, and living our relationship with Jesus Christ. And this is all just scrathing the surface.

Thanks for your many thoughts and prayers.