Do you ever wonder what the life of a missionary is like, those who uproot, relocate, learn new cultures and languages, need to adapt from the familiar to the unfamiliar and learn to make it home? Many of us may think it is romantic, a life filled with adventure and cutting edge Kingdom impact. We can imagine and dream from our comfortable Lazy Boy, never having to swat mosquitos, scream at snakes, make embarrassing language mistakes or take public transportation. Missionaries embrace all this and more for their love of God and the people to whom He has called them. They embrace the challenges and whatever comes along. One of the things that “comes along” is a return to the States for a year of home assignment, speaking in churches and reporting what God is doing in their area of ministry and thanking us for our involvement. To us that may sound like a welcome thing. But it has its challenges. Being in the States can create a greater financial drain on their day to day expenses than they have income for. Though the C&MA does a good job providing for them, living in the States during “tour time” can create more expenses than what their paycheck covers. Consequently we want to bless our missionaries with a love offering, our way of saying “thanks” for investing in us, our way of blessing them so they have more coming in than going out. Jason, Elissa and Ruth are our missionaries this year. I want to encourage us to come this Sunday prepared to give them a special monetary gift of love. You can designate it “Missionary Love Gift” on the white giving envelops. Thanks in advance for blessing them.
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