Something You Are

I had a minor epiphany this Fall when I was down visiting my Grandma giving a presentation about my Africa trip to her retirement home (and various family members that showed up). While I was setting up one of the ladies on staff at the retirement home asked “so, you’re like a missionary huh?” Innocent question, but one I’d never really thought about seriously. I didn’t think much about for a few months it until I noticed I have this quote from Mark Driscoll on all my little social networking pages, and the truth of that lady’s question hit me like a truck. “Reformission requires that every Christian and church realize that missions is about not something they do but something they are. We are all on a mission with Jesus every day, and we are either good missionaries or bad.” Duh. So in hindsight, I guess I should have answered yes without mumbling.

By the end of this year I’ll have been on or lead 9 short term mission trips to six cities in four countries. Most were only a week long. Nine doesn’t seem like very many to me… I sure don’t feel like a real missionary most of the time. Regardless, people that know me well sometimes ask if I’m ever going to run off to Africa or South America and be a full time missionary. Frankly I’d like to, but like I told my roommate it’s never really been about what I want.

Anywho… in the short term I’m really looking forward to going back to Guatemala in March. Here’s a couple of videos from the last time I was there in 2004.

~ by Justin on February 11, 2008.