10 march 2010

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience…And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful…And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him” (Colossians 3:12, 14-15, 17).

Denise
Dan
Eric
Jill
Frankie
Alyssa
Allison
Katelyn
Chelsea
Sara
Kelsey
Josh
Beth
Ryan

There are fourteen of us embarking on this journey together – 14 people, 14 personalities, 14 sets of strengths, 14 sets of weaknesses. God has chosen each one of us. While we are a group of fourteen individuals, we go there as one body united in Christ. We go to serve the people of Ghana but also to serve one another in love, to be the church. God calls us to love, because He is love. “We love because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19). It is my prayer that even when we face challenges, when we are tired and irritable and long for the comforts and familiarities of home, that we would follow Christ’s perfect example of love – to love the people of Ghana, but also each other.