The Drop
Theme of the Week: High-Stakes Adenture
Sunday, December 14, 2003
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Key Bible Verses: Be sure to honor people like him. For he risked his life for the work of Christ (Philippians 2:29-30). Bonus Reading:1 Corinthians 2:25-30
The heat, radiating from the baked tarmac and bleached buildings, hit me as I stepped off the plane. A gust of wind felt like the exhaust of a bus. Welcome to the Middle East!
I felt jet lagged and sad: it was Father's Day and I was missing my kids. I knew no one in the entire country and felt very alone. You can imagine my joy when I saw a man holding a sign for "Mack." Kevin, a tentmaker missionary, met with me outside customs in the airport.
"Here's a list of potential contacts at the university," he said.
"Thanks," I said.
"Here's how you catch the public transport," he said.
"Okay," I said with disappearing hopes that he might give me a lift.
"Now remember, we haven't met, okay? I know you understand," he said without waiting for my response.
He'd carefully written out the lists and instructions, and he took off. I understood. Even our meeting in the airport put him in a precarious position. Still, it was hard watching him leave.
—Mack Stiles in Mack & Leeann's Guide to Short-Term Missions
Adapted from Mack & Leeann's Guide to Short-Term Missions (InterVarsity, 2000) by permission.
Copyright © 2003 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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