The Rewards of Mission Work
Dacula, Georgia (ACN)
I wrote to my younger brother moments ago and I thought I would share here, some thoughts I shared with Randy.
It is possible, with as many trips to Russia as I will be making, I could die on one of these trips. I don't want to be morbid, but I did want to put this in writing before it should happen, so here goes.
Should I die on one of these trips, please know that I was serving my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and that nothing could be more fun, more fulfilling, more exhilarating, more rewarding than doing exactly what I am doing. I get to go to Russia, a very exotic country, I get to love on kids and teach teens about Jesus. I get to witness to people of all ages and tell them about what Jesus has done for me. I get to lead teams of Christians to a land where they have never been and challenge them to do things they have never done before.
What could be more fun than that? What could you possibly do to top that?
So in the event something should happen to me, there are two men at CMC who have spoken of doing this very thing I so love to do, and my challenge to them both is that if something should happen to me, then you are to take up where I left off and fight the good fight for me, nay for Jesus.
Oh and one more thing. Don't mourn for my death, but rather celebrate my life and what God has been able to accomplish through such a servant as I, despite my shortcomings. And please DO NOT SAY THAT I PASSED. I did not pass, I died, I croaked, I keeled over, I bought the farm, I did anything but PASS. This is obviously a pet peeve of mine.
Ok, so let's go have some fun participating in the Great Adventure!
I wrote to my younger brother moments ago and I thought I would share here, some thoughts I shared with Randy.
It is possible, with as many trips to Russia as I will be making, I could die on one of these trips. I don't want to be morbid, but I did want to put this in writing before it should happen, so here goes.
Should I die on one of these trips, please know that I was serving my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and that nothing could be more fun, more fulfilling, more exhilarating, more rewarding than doing exactly what I am doing. I get to go to Russia, a very exotic country, I get to love on kids and teach teens about Jesus. I get to witness to people of all ages and tell them about what Jesus has done for me. I get to lead teams of Christians to a land where they have never been and challenge them to do things they have never done before.
What could be more fun than that? What could you possibly do to top that?
So in the event something should happen to me, there are two men at CMC who have spoken of doing this very thing I so love to do, and my challenge to them both is that if something should happen to me, then you are to take up where I left off and fight the good fight for me, nay for Jesus.
Oh and one more thing. Don't mourn for my death, but rather celebrate my life and what God has been able to accomplish through such a servant as I, despite my shortcomings. And please DO NOT SAY THAT I PASSED. I did not pass, I died, I croaked, I keeled over, I bought the farm, I did anything but PASS. This is obviously a pet peeve of mine.
Ok, so let's go have some fun participating in the Great Adventure!
1 Comments:
Andy - I enjoyed reading your blog and look forward to updates. I just love the way God moves. Just two days ago I felt led to add a column in my prayer journal for Four in the Fire Ministries. I will definitely keep you in prayer and also look forward to going on another trip.
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