“Please don’t send me to Africa, I don’t think I’ve got what
it takes.” This was a funny song my wife
and I sang 20 years ago about not wanting to serve in missions. I used to joke that I would rather serve in
missions that to work with the youth group.
God has a sense of humor—I find myself on a missions trip with the youth
group.
This trip
has changed me and my thoughts about both missions and youth ministry., I have been blessed to meet Mitch and Debbie
Martinez and to see what missionaries do on a regular basis—running schools,
planting churches, supplying needs, meeting with people in their
communities. I have been blessed to meet
and serve the people these missionaries serve.
I have seen their poverty, but also their passion for Jesus Christ.
My view of
teenagers has changed too. I have
laughed with them and heard what is on their minds and in their hearts. They have demonstrated an intensely deep
devotion for God. They have given of
their time and have put themselves out to be used by God. They have connected with people, young and
old, from a radically different culture.
I’m very proud of each one of them.
All-in-all,
God has been amazing. I hope to do this
again. It has been a great
adventure.
-Steve McElwee
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