Parenting
It has been a strange two weeks.
Our team leaders needed to go to Kenya for training and meetings but their two boys needed to stay here for school. So what happened? Lauren and I became parents for almost two weeks. Our life consisted of: school runs, helping with homework, making meals, playing nerf war, watching movies, washing dishes, and more.
It was a great way to serve the team and a good testimony in the community.
At first everyone was confused when we would drive past our own house. Or why I would walk home at night by myself. Or they would ask our house help what had happened to us because we had not been to visit people in days. But when everyone realized that we were taking care of our leaders boys they all understood.
I know how much it meant to the parents to know their boys were taken care of and I know how much the community observes our lives and how we interact with one another. The love we, as a team, are able to demonstrate to each other has direct affects in the community.
"By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13:35
Are there differences on our team? Yes. Can there be unity in that diversity? Definitely, and it can be a beautiful ministry tool to display the love of God to those who so desperately need to both hear it from our lips but also see it in our lives.
Our team leaders needed to go to Kenya for training and meetings but their two boys needed to stay here for school. So what happened? Lauren and I became parents for almost two weeks. Our life consisted of: school runs, helping with homework, making meals, playing nerf war, watching movies, washing dishes, and more.
It was a great way to serve the team and a good testimony in the community.
At first everyone was confused when we would drive past our own house. Or why I would walk home at night by myself. Or they would ask our house help what had happened to us because we had not been to visit people in days. But when everyone realized that we were taking care of our leaders boys they all understood.
I know how much it meant to the parents to know their boys were taken care of and I know how much the community observes our lives and how we interact with one another. The love we, as a team, are able to demonstrate to each other has direct affects in the community.
"By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13:35
Are there differences on our team? Yes. Can there be unity in that diversity? Definitely, and it can be a beautiful ministry tool to display the love of God to those who so desperately need to both hear it from our lips but also see it in our lives.
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