04.30.06
Encouragement from Home
We just said goodbye to six lovely ladies from Shively Christian Church in Louisville, KY. This is the church that about seven years ago began researching a place to send a team of missionaries to plant a church. Ancona is just as near and dear to them as it is to us. They brought tons of stuff from home (summer sausage!), but more importantly brought us encouragement. They spent time getting to know the city and our work here. They played with our kids and prayed for our families. I think they all went home with a bigger sense of the task here.
It really is a challenge to communicate to people who have never been here what it is like. Not just the funny, cultural quirks. But to see the desire we all have to see a church take root and grow here. Watching them cry big, compassionate tears as they prayed over us and the city was just … something amazing.
Thanks for coming over ladies! Come back anytime!