Cross Cultural Mission in our Home

Due to Evelyn's extraordinary gift of hospitality, over the years we have opened our home to numerous people, sometimes whole families who would otherwise be homeless or, for other reasons need a place to stay. Often it has been a single person to live with us. It's not always a walk in the park.

My former coworker Matt, who also attends our Sunday gathering, is now living on our second floor. He sold his house here and is moving out of the area and is, currently, between houses.

Matt is almost pure extrovert--a very strong DISC I. He wakes up chatting and keeps going until he closes his eyes night. And, we are both very strong introverts who relish quiet.

Matt's stay will be short but it is challenging. What is normal to him is foreign, even offensive, to us. And, we are determined to show him love and mercy during his stay because we clearly are in the position of being Kingdom ambassadors to him.

1. Our own home has become a foreign land to us. Just as the world Jesus created became foreign to Him when He emptied Himself, became flesh and dwelt among us. We are doing this in His Name.

 Understanding the incarnation inspires us to live incarnationally but it doesn't make living incarnationally easy.