Purpose Asia

I plunk down with my computer in my lap after a long day. I stretch my aching neck and make note of all the muscles that are sore today that I didn't even know existed before my painting work the last few days. I sigh. What can I possibly share this week?  I think to myself. It feels sort of anti-climactic being a missionary in preparation, then on the field and then back home for a time all in the course of a year. I can't report any exotic foods, crazy exploits, or touching encounters this week. Just the faithfulness of every day. I guess you can tell that's a thing with me lately. I'm learning about faithfulness in the waiting right now and you get to hear my thoughts as I muse on the lessons the Lord is teaching me. This week I've spent a day at the hospital with my Grandma as she underwent some tests. The next two days I painted our bathroom that's being remodeled and worked to keep the house in order in the mean time. Then I spent a day working on odds...

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23-24 NIV You’ve all seen memes that go something like this, “What my friends think I do. What my family thinks I do. What I actually do.” Sometimes, I feel that my life is a bit like that. It usually happens when I’m doing some mundane task in life. I find myself in my jeans at the grocery store, trying to accomplish one of the 175 things on my list for the day. I run into someone I know and they ask me what I’ve been up to. I tell them that I’ve been working as a nurse for a Christian ministry in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Then it happens. I see the “what my friends think I do” look. Their eyes glaze and I can see them envisioning me living Survivor style in the jungle, machete in hand, bandana around my head standing next to my mud hut with a dinner I c...