Wednesday night's event was Out Door Fun Night. We all most had to have Outdoor Fun Night inside because it rained all day, not a hard rain just misting all day. But to our excitement the sun came out during dinner!
I took the kids on a slug hunt. This area of Germany has these big orange slugs, some around 4 inches! The picture I took does not do this creature justice. It reminds me of those orange marshmellow things you have during Halloween. On our slug hunt we counted over 100 slugs!The plan for the evening was also to have a fire with smores but the wood
was wet and after countless tries to get it going we gave up and handed out mini flashlights to the kids. Being flexible and having a plan B and C is always important with kids! We have two more days here at the conference center and I will miss these families. They sacrifice so much and with so little encouragement. You really dont understand some of the Apostle Paul's emotional writings in the Bible until you talk to a missionary. 
They leave behind family, friends and the comfort of their own culture to enter into a unknown and sometimes hostile environment. More of an emotional hostile without many successes. A success for Heritage church is bringing someone to to know Christ and discipling them to be more like Christ. Succes for these missionaries is meeting someone they can talk to and have tea with. The mental adjustment for this redefinition of success is very difficult for many new missionaries. Its mentally draining for many of these families, the strain on marriages, children is intense. They all do it for one reason, Jesus. There is no other other reason.
was wet and after countless tries to get it going we gave up and handed out mini flashlights to the kids. Being flexible and having a plan B and C is always important with kids! We have two more days here at the conference center and I will miss these families. They sacrifice so much and with so little encouragement. You really dont understand some of the Apostle Paul's emotional writings in the Bible until you talk to a missionary. 
They leave behind family, friends and the comfort of their own culture to enter into a unknown and sometimes hostile environment. More of an emotional hostile without many successes. A success for Heritage church is bringing someone to to know Christ and discipling them to be more like Christ. Succes for these missionaries is meeting someone they can talk to and have tea with. The mental adjustment for this redefinition of success is very difficult for many new missionaries. Its mentally draining for many of these families, the strain on marriages, children is intense. They all do it for one reason, Jesus. There is no other other reason.Thanks for praying for the team.
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