Post Poland Pondering
Ξ August 17th, 2006 | → 3 Comments | ∇ Journal |
So I’ve been and gone to Poland. A great trip all in all. Really it was a huge success as far as mission trips go. I saw some great growth in our team as well as some great stuff with the Polish folks we were with. Before the trip some people took issue with the fact that Poland is not the poorest of poor countries. These are the people who have made the assumption that missions are only about dealing with financial resources. It’s just not the case. Sure, those types of missions are valuable, but it is also important to remember the relational part of what Christianity is all about. God is not about the money. When it comes down to it, that really sums it all up. He’s not about it when we have it, and He’s not about it when we are without it. It’s simply not important to Him. He knows what we really need and often money doesn’t even come into it. He wants’ us to love one another. THat’s the second of the greatest commandments (not the ten, but the other ones).
So that’s what we did. You can follow my dad account of the trip on his blog starting with this post:
http://kiwirev.wordpress.com/2006/08/14/poland-mission-trip-part-i/
He plans to write more. Perhaps one day I will create a similar account on this blog, but right now the idea of that just sounds exhausting.
We visited Auschwitz. It was pretty powerful, but unfortunately the crowds of people there take away from it. It would have more impact for me if there weren’t so many people touring it at one time. I felt a little rushed and herded. It was too bad. I could have spent quite some time waiting in certain areas. There was a lot to take in and not much time. I’m glad I was able to see it. It has put a lot of thoughts in my head. I will blog them at some point when I have more time.
Until then, this is it I’m afraid. I’m back and starting to get back to my work. There is a lot of it to do.
