Life is full of Mission Impossible. When we become an older missionary, we may at first be tempted to think that we know everything about missions, even pioneer missions. We might think that the answer is to copy the pioneering work of Kolkata, Jessore, Erdenet etc.
But no. Very soon we realize that only with God himself and together with others we can do something positive. We must give God and other people "room to be involved. God is not a "copy machine". He makes all things new. A new Creation. So exciting.
Yes, we need God's mighty hand and Creative cooperation with others.
Yesterday, Majra came to Church very happy. "I will sing," she said with great joy in her eyes.
And the three little girls sang together with the adults with joy. Absolutely wonderful. We are happy that the children and young people learn life-values in the early years. There are many we could write about. But we don't want to "hang out" anyone. They all go through a recovery process. Into restoration.
Now we are working hard for the Christmas celebration 2024 in many places in and around Ubon. Children, young people and adults are already waiting for us to come. There will be singing, The Meaning of Christmas (the market wants to claim it's Santa's birthday), simple Christmas presents and food.
