Travel Day

We have all made it to camp!  Praise Jesus for His grace!

Friday was such a wonderful blessing to have our church family there to send us off.

We had a great travel experience. Our team shirts raised a lot of curiousity. Which opened the door for us to talk about the camp, make people aware of the plight of the environment of the interior Alaskan villages, and most importantly BOLDLY proclaim Jesus and how He has called us to GO to Alaska.

On the first leg of the flight from Charlotte to Portland I had the opportunity to sit next a successful businesswoman and self proclaimed feminist. We had several interesting conversations over the course of the five and half hour flight. I will share one of the comverstions with you.
She has one of those bi-coastal relationships - her husband is a CEO of a small company in Portland and she is a business owner of an interior decorating company in Charlottesville,  VA. They are both in a position to retire and she is wanting to relocate in VA. Unfortunately, her husband is a workaholic and extended his contract another 3 years as CEO. Obviously, she was not happy with his decision. And she had decided to move to VA. So with that as a background, I asked her if I could share "something" with her. She said yes of course. So I opened my Bible to Eps 5:15 - 31. We talked about walking circumspectly as the wise and she agreed with that view. We spoke about Paul's instructions to wives and that they are to submit to their husbands. And her brought a shift in her posture as she got ready to jump on the defensive. Then I continued and gave Paul's instructions for husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the Church. And I continued to explain how Christ showed His love to His Bride and how He scaraficed Himself for her. Now this put her at ease a little more. We continued to talk and I explained that we are only made complete in Jesus. No spouse nor career, nor child can complete us. And if we expect completeness to come from another person we will be sadly disappointed. She was admittedly surprised to hear this perspective but acknowledged that it made sense to her. I asked her if she knew Jesus as her Savior. She said she believed in God but didn't really know about Jesus in light of His relationship to he Church and salvation. I asked she wanted to know Jesus. She wasn't sure. I said I understood and asked if I could pray for her and she said yes. Although she didn't accept Jesus, a seed was planted. Praised Jesus for Boldness.