Perspective. It's the way one looks at something.
I would like to continue some thoughts I've had for some time now and that I wrote down as we were working on our support letter: Family Perspective
Why would we desire to take our whole family on a mission trip like this? Well, first of all, God laid it on our hearts. We cannot control how He works.
Second, we desire to shepherd our family to be Jesus' servants. A mission trip seems like one good way to learn about being servants. Not only will we have an opportunity to serve the children and staff at Villages of Hope, but we will be able to learn how to serve the team that we travel with as well.
Third, perspective. We live in a culture that does not allow one to sit back and have a right perspective with out putting in a lot of effort. We think that this mission trip will be an excellent way for our family to develop a different perspective than our American one gives to us. I have been praying that God might use this trip to change our hearts, inside to its very core, so that we might be able to think, choose and act more like Christ. Yes, we hope that God uses us to love on the children living in the Villages of Hope and serve whomever He puts into our paths. But we also hope that we will be permanently changed as an outcome of this mission trip.
to be continued...
~Erin
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