Jan and I are just completing our 37 day visit in Canada and the USA. We have slept in 8 different beds in 7 different cities during this time. With the exception of our stay in one hotel, those beds have been provided by friends and family. Of course one definition of family is "those who take you in when no one else will help you"! We are grateful for the hospitality we enjoyed with our three children, their spouses and their three little children.
However we want to note how important has been the hospitality shown us by those related by spiritual bonds in Christ; four families who generously opened their homes to us on this trip. In the busyness of life, it is so easy for any of us to say "let someone else do it". Yet whether helping someone with a meal, a car ride, or overnight accommodation (or as in our case storing someones belongings while they go overseas) - acts of kindness, generosity and hospitality should be (super) natural outgrowths of the Christian life.
We have been on the receiving end of much kindness during our time in these 7 different cities. We are very grateful. As we return to Vietnam, we look forward to our opportunity to serve people there with God's love and generosity.
I hope, whatever your stage of life, you are growing in the grace of giving: giving practical help, hospitality, money, acts of kindness. As Scripture asserts: it is better to give than to receive.
However we want to note how important has been the hospitality shown us by those related by spiritual bonds in Christ; four families who generously opened their homes to us on this trip. In the busyness of life, it is so easy for any of us to say "let someone else do it". Yet whether helping someone with a meal, a car ride, or overnight accommodation (or as in our case storing someones belongings while they go overseas) - acts of kindness, generosity and hospitality should be (super) natural outgrowths of the Christian life.
We have been on the receiving end of much kindness during our time in these 7 different cities. We are very grateful. As we return to Vietnam, we look forward to our opportunity to serve people there with God's love and generosity.
I hope, whatever your stage of life, you are growing in the grace of giving: giving practical help, hospitality, money, acts of kindness. As Scripture asserts: it is better to give than to receive.
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