“You do not need to be extraordinary. You need to be the ordinary inhabited by the extraordinary life of God. A word, a meal, a cup of cold water, have the capacity to bring the life of God to this world and delight His heart.” Diane Langberg
Buzzzzzz. A friend rings up to our flat telling us she’s coming to deliver fresh, homemade, smoked bacon. We willingly let her come! As she arrives the 6 year old girl from down the hall comes skipping down to see if our kids are free to play. A ping on Meredith’s phone tells her that our upstairs neighbour wants to continue chatting about big challenges in parenting and a marriage spiraling downhill.
These everyday moments didn’t always come naturally or without sacrifice and inconvenience. In the beginning, conversations were often quick and showed people’s insecurities. But as people grew to trust our attentive ears and sincere hearts, the conversations have lengthened and deepened.
We have yet to meet any followers of Jesus at our apartment complex. Even though we are missionaries, we often feel powerless or lack confidence to help people know Jesus. We wrestle with the fine line between saying too much or too little. This has driven us to prayer. It has struck us that most of our friends don’t have anyone in their life to bring their emotional/physical/spiritual needs before our heavenly Father. It is our privilege to steward.
Russ recently assumed responsibility for the MissionHub app. Prayer prompts, conversation starters and practical outreach ideas are all intended to help the ordinary, everyday follower of Jesus, live an extraordinary life for God. We are eager field testers as we wrestle with growing in confidence to catalyze the spread of the gospel to where it’s not, right among the 3,000 people at our apartment complex.
WBC Friends, please join us in praying that salvation would come to the homes of our many friends. They are from diverse and accomplished backgrounds from all around the world. Materially they have everything they need, but many feel chronically unfulfilled.
Thank you for your continued partnership in leading the next generation of digital missions and supporting us in bringing the gospel where it's not.
Photos below:
1. Making dumplings with neighbours
2. A 12km hike for Valentine’s Day
3. Bringing traditional oranges for Chinese New Year
