http://www.sea2sea.ca/mike/2010/04/just-like-me/ Iron Sharpens Iron Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:26:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.sea2sea.ca/mike/2010/04/just-like-me/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Tom Peachey Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:25:55 +0000 http://www.sea2sea.ca/mike/?p=223#comment-157 Mike: I came back from the trip with the same kind of impression. When talking to the pastors in Guinea, and to the international workers, I heard their heart for "their people" and heard the same kind of concerns that I have for my congregation here in northern Alberta. They were concerned that their congregation were not willing to reach cross-culturally in their country. They were concerned that youth growing up in the church were not embracing the life of holiness. They were concerned that people were so busy with their own pursuits that they were forgetting eternal perspective. Those are the same concerns that I have. From my perspective, their struggle is more difficult than mine, because of fewer resources at their disposal, how few believers there are in relation to the overall population, and often having to be involved in some sort of "tent making" venture because they are not fully supported. Having heard their heart, I now feel closer to them, and know even better how to pray for them. We are not very much different from each other. Mike:
I came back from the trip with the same kind of impression. When talking to the pastors in Guinea, and to the international workers, I heard their heart for “their people” and heard the same kind of concerns that I have for my congregation here in northern Alberta. They were concerned that their congregation were not willing to reach cross-culturally in their country. They were concerned that youth growing up in the church were not embracing the life of holiness. They were concerned that people were so busy with their own pursuits that they were forgetting eternal perspective. Those are the same concerns that I have. From my perspective, their struggle is more difficult than mine, because of fewer resources at their disposal, how few believers there are in relation to the overall population, and often having to be involved in some sort of “tent making” venture because they are not fully supported. Having heard their heart, I now feel closer to them, and know even better how to pray for them. We are not very much different from each other.

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