Living It

At the end of last year I decided to book a Prophetic conference. I went myself and did not invite friends to go. I just went. I knew I had to. As those of you who know me, you know that I find being a home based missionary hard. I have often wondered how a home based missionary gets a break. Things got to breaking point the week before the conference. I decided the only way to take a break was to actually do it. With no time scale in mind. So I arrived at the conference, with relief and uncertainty. When I got there I wondered if there would be faces I know.... in one way that is nice but in another way I just wanted to be me. On the second day I saw someone from my mission organisation. I thought I would say "Hello" but at the same time I did not expect word would have got out that I was on Sabbatical. So I said Hello. The person I knew was talking to people I did not know. There was a kinda awkward moment where the man she had been talking to asked me what I d...

Around this time last year, I had the privilege of having a YWAM team come to my city. I had the opportunity to speak with them. Having a team visit is often a way for you to encourage, envision and sometimes even recruit long term staff to the city. So I thought of all the history of what we did and why we do it. The things that give me passion - loving someone without any conditions. Sharing the gospel by Word and by deed. But then when I went to bed, I felt I had to share some of the hard stuff. Being on short term mission is different to being in it for the long haul. Short term mission you can have long days that are packed with meeting after meeting. On the road... but then you go home or move on... You don't have time for establishing long term relationships and you look for the outcomes, who made commitments... who was healed... Long term you are home, you can not go at the pace you would as a short termer ( otherwise you would burn out pretty fast) and you are inter...