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Phyllis, my spouse, wants to get out of town. She is going to Indiana on a mission trip. But it is not just an ordinary mission trip. She is cooking and helping out a group from where my son, Markus, goes to church. One of the more unusual features of this trip is that it is in the community they live. Those on this trip take a week off work and participate in local missions.
Staying home and doing missions does not seem as exotic as going for a far away place and because of that fact is often overlooked. It is strange to me how often we overlook the needs that are so close to home. Could it be that we miss God’s call to us right where we live? Or perhaps the daily routines of life close our eyes and hearts to the needs all around us?
I am on a daily mission to follow God wherever I find myself. For me it starts with a heart that sees and follows God in my daily living.