The shoe is now on the other foot. There is a team here now from Curitiba, Brazil, and its curiously ironic that when it was time for me to do my Discipleship Training School (DTS) Outreach as part of Youth with a Mission's (YWAM) program it took place in that city.
At that time, in 1998, there was only one base; now there are six. In 2011, I returned to Curitiba to teach at the English Language School serving in the place of my former DTS roommate. Some members of our team were Brazilians who had completed the English Language School at the Richmond, Virginia base.
At that time, in 1998, there was only one base; now there are six. In 2011, I returned to Curitiba to teach at the English Language School serving in the place of my former DTS roommate. Some members of our team were Brazilians who had completed the English Language School at the Richmond, Virginia base.
Our team was multinational composed of Americans, Brazilians, Swiss, and Dutch, and because of that we had an advantage over this small team that is now in South Africa. I would often share in English and then members of my team would translate for me into Portuguese. But these individuals are now in South Africa, where English is normally spoken as well as Afrikaans, so the dilemma that they have in reaching the people is more acute. In essence, someone needs to translate first into English and then into Afrikaans.
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| This group modeled service by washing feet and loving on the least of these. The translators, minister director, and assistants, many and diverse, served alongside of them. |
This small group of four girls and four boys really impressed me as they move outside of their comfort zone and are ready to create unity in the body of Christ and bring joy to God's people, especially to the little children in the ministry where I work in Avian Park and River -view. It's got me to thinking about community, about access, about moving pass one's comfort zone, about unity and the purpose of God. And I see myself standing in Curitiba before a large church audience and my Brazilian sister, Karina translating, as I share God's love with another nationality and a far different place.Who would have thought it, that one day I would be the one hosting a team of the nation, the city, the missionary base, that first welcomed me?
God literally wastes nothing. If we've experienced it, we can expect to see it again.
That English school where I taught in place of my roommate Licia, while she was pregnant, also came back to be a help. I ended up serving as the pronunciation teacher at the English Language School at this YWAM base in Worcester, South Africa. By the way, she had learned English while a student at the Richmond ESL school as well.
And we know that all things work for the good of those who are called according to God's purposes (Romans 8:28). Some water; some plant, but God gives the increase (1 Corinthians 3:6).
That English school where I taught in place of my roommate Licia, while she was pregnant, also came back to be a help. I ended up serving as the pronunciation teacher at the English Language School at this YWAM base in Worcester, South Africa. By the way, she had learned English while a student at the Richmond ESL school as well.
And we know that all things work for the good of those who are called according to God's purposes (Romans 8:28). Some water; some plant, but God gives the increase (1 Corinthians 3:6).
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