WHAT`S AFTER BREAKFAST? BUT FIRST A CAN OF WORMS.

The fellowship was nice and full and all had a great time, truly! It is awesome to see how the fellowship gets going with diverse discussions swinging back and forth. It is very stimulating and sometimes pretty confusing, not that anyone would admit it. That's when we stare blankly and nod our heads as if we know exactly what was said. But just when you think you understand and have your five cents worth you realise you are totally off track and open an entirely new can of worms. We somehow manage to go away thinking that we`ve gained some wisdom of missions however little it might seem.

People in the fellowship are becoming risky and are starting to step out of the boat and put their hands to the plough. On Christmas day the fellowship has arranged a party for Mama Flora`s children which was Aldi's brain child. I'm sure it will be a huge success.

So now on to the topics. The first being "Are we right in pushing Western Christianity or are we just doing religion?". Our worldviews have definitely changed in this respect over the last few months. The second topic was "What's the plan after breakfast? "
We discussed Deon's strategy and what else he could do to reach the Thai's. We realised that it is impossible to plan your strategy in fine detail before you enter the field because without having lived in the culture you really have no clue what it is all about until you are there. Visits are not enough. Once more we realised that the primary purpose of missions is to prepare God's bride. It's not about numbers but about redeeming the culture. We came to the realisation that the bride was being prepared right there in the room where we were talking as we were slowly changing our own worldviews. Thank you Deon for feeding back to us.

A couple of times points were raised (cans of worms again) which allowed us a glimpse of the yellow and red roads clashing. Exciting stuff! A big thing that came up was why God's power (signs and wonders) seem to be missing in our western churches. Perhaps this is our fault. Ooh, that is hard but so true. Anyway, that is but a small glimpse into the evening we had. Our brains are frying weekly so if you want to exercise yours please join us.