May We Have Another Helping of Relationships, Please?

Which cultures make a big deal about "relationships over tasks?" You can be sure that Latin American cultures do!  Our days in the Dominican Republic here have ended, but our memories will last forever.  Whether traveling together, eating together, or worshiping together, we have learned to slow it down.  
Actually, we feel like our life experiences have prepared us to invite others into our lives in order to get to know them better.   We are products of the South and Midwest where people intentionally invest in the lives of others.    The table was always big enough for another chair, and the bowl big enough for more pasta.   
Our assignment here is completed.   We have worked with missionaries, for missionaries, and beside missionaries. 

   And, during this assignment, we have learned many new strategies about church planting and discipleship.   

We felt grateful to be invited into the homes of many pastors and their families and to share fellowship around the table.  There are  some fine cooks in this country!  

We are home now and we have packed with us a better and clearer understanding of how very important church life is for both the individual and the family.  We have been blessed beyond the beyond.  Our lives have interconnected with fellow believers whom we will never forget.   Despite the occasional dog fight during the night, the oppressive heat and humidity and
unidentifiable environmental sounds, God poured out His blessings on us.    We discovered some interesting things about ourselves, too.  (Next blog!).

Keep Looking Up and thank you for following our blog!

    J:m & L:nda