One of the ministries we have been engaging in for decades has been inviting strangers, and sometimes acquaintances, to live in our home.
We began to do it long before we began to take the Sheep and Goats teaching seriously.
And, I will admit that, often, these episodes don't end well. One that has was inviting a guy we found out about through a former employer of Evie's.
Shortly before he was to move in, he asked if his girlfriend and her daughter could move in with him. That was a tough call to make, though we did it. Then, just before they moved in, his new probation officer knocked on our door requesting an unannounced interview with us. We passed the interview.
Those people we enjoyed and we're still in contact.
Another recent success was with my coworker, Matt, with whom we're still in contact and whom we visit every time we're in his area.
During the last three summers, we hosted college guys who did internships with Evie's former employer. Evie's stayed in contact with them.
The first of them is coming into the area to have lunch with us today.
He's a nice guy and a pretty typical millennial. He's not become a disciple from his contact with us but he has seen us living our wildly unabashed life as followers of Jesus and he's certainly not turned off by it either.
So, we'll spend a few hours catching up with him, showing him, as Steve Sjogren says it, God's love in a practical way.
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