This past year, our home fellowship read the book "Radical" by David Platt. At the end of the book, David challenged us to do five different things, one of which was to spend time in another context. Now, you know that as a family, we've served with Mercy Ships in England, the Faroe Islands, the Netherlands, South Africa, Liberia, Benin, Sierra Leone, Togo and the Canary Islands - some of the most challenging places in the world - and yet, we still wanted to do something RADICAL as a family so . . .
We decided to invite people into our home, to share a meal and have a time of fellowship. Now, for those of you who know me at all, you know that I HATE TO COOK! (I sign up to bring juice for our Bible study parties!) That's one of the things I love most about the ship - no planning meals, no prepping meals, no cooking meals, no cleaning up after meals. For me, this was RADICAL!
I chose the first family based on the fact that we have "Africa" in common. We served an African meal in African dishes and I think we could have talked all night long. It was absolutely wonderful - RADICAL!
Micah chose the second family. All we could say after they left was that this was one totally "God-ordained" time. With what we've gone through with Micah's peanut/tree nut (and former dairy, soy and shellfish) allergies we were able to encourage them as they are presently going through some very new and difficult challenges with their daughter's diet. That He had placed us in their lives for a time such as this . . . RADICAL!
Matt has chosen the next family and I need to call them this week to set up a time for them to come over. It's a family I'm surprised he chose, but delighted that he did. He had worked with the mom one Sunday at church and really enjoyed her. Surely there will be more to come as we remain RADICALly His.
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