Hi friends and family!
I am so happy to be in Poland, God is already working! I really feel like God is working through our team. Al gave a devotion yesterday about how everyday we are called by God to follow him. That has been something I have been thinking about. It hit me that as much as that's an everyday personal decision it's also so much about us as a whole team making the same decision each day.
Liz, Sarah, Sophie and I went to do devos yesterday morning and it was a great time to connect with God together. It showed me that opportunites like this can really help us bond as a team. When we were sitting there with open hearts each listening to each other I realized that as much as there are differences throughout the team we are all here to serve God and to serve others. Liz was saying how cool it was to sit there and read the bible with us because each of us had our own perspective.
Later in the day we had a meeting wth Al about cultural differences. One thing that was brought up was that in America we tend to make our lives revolve so much around ourselves. I think sometimes we treat our relationship with God the same way, but being here I've realized how wrong that is. Our faith is so much about other people. It's been so amazing to see how we all fit together and how even through our frustrations God can use our differences as gifts for his glory, so that as a team we can be united.
In Christ's love,
Alexis
You should have heard Pastor Andy Sass's sermon here on Sunday. He was sayong the same thing. Taking time to build relationships with people and hearing their stories is the same as Loving Christ and listening to his story. Keep it up!Love- Karen
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