Tomorrow morning, 4am, Zippy the Wonderbus is loading up in the Lord of Life parking lot and a group of us are heading out to the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. We're boarding a 7:01am flight and are headin to Montego Bay (MoBay) Jamaica on an 8 day mission trip through an orgznization called Mission Jamaica.
I'm looking forward to the oportunity to lead this group again. This is, I think, my 7th year taking a group down there. I love the work. I love the children. I love the community.
MJ has become a pretty big deal in my congregation. This year something like 60+ people will be going down. And Lord of Life has become one of the lead congregations in the organization. It's all good.
There is a kind of a weird vibe in the MJ community. I'm not sure what it is. I'm hoping to reflect on it during this trip. I am concerned that we, as a group, are not able to "get out of the way" of God while we're there. This trip is not about us. It is about God and the children, through us. There is an important difference. We need to be about serving, not about being hugged. We need to become transparent.
How do we do that? How do we teach that?
I'll get back to you on it.
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