If You've Tasted Such Good Things...

On Thursday, I leave for Zambia, Africa. I want to keep this post simple. I do want to say a few things though.

I'm gonna miss this girl...
and this girl...
...like crazy. Oh, and their daddy also!

I've posted this video before, but I'm going to post it again. I can't stop watching it for some reason. I've typed out some of the text below...just 'cause.

I know I've neglected my blog lately, but I'm going to post as much as possible while in Zambia. I want you to see and "meet" some of the amazing people, especially the children, that will be coming into my life shortly. I hope you check in from time to time to see how our team is doing...and maybe say a little prayer. Say a prayer for our team, that our impact will be great and that we will be greatly impacted. Please pray that we open our hearts and see those around us the way God truly sees them. Please pray for those of us who are leaving small children behind...I'm afraid it will be a true test for us.

Disclaimer...I don't know anything about the organization listed at the end of this video.

Jackie Pullinger

Selected text from Go!! Jackie Pullinger

“The principle of the gospel is this…the gospel always brings life to the receiver and death to the giver. If the gospel brought death to Jesus Christ, why would we think that in preaching the gospel it would be any less for us? He says, if anybody would be my disciple he must take up his cross and follow me. If it killed Him to give life to us and He invites us then to do the same, why would we expect that it would be any less?”

“The poor people all over the earth who have never heard of Jesus, they are the poorest people. They are desperate for food, they’re desperate for blankets, they’re desperate for medicine, they’re desperate for water. The most number of people worldwide who’ve never heard about the love of the Lord Jesus Christ are desperately poor…and they are not going to come here to hear the gospel. We have to go there. So why haven’t people gone? It has something to do with guarding our life, and living a normal life so other people can go. But I say...No! Why don’t you all go, if you’ve tasted such good things? Go to the ends of the earth because those poor aren’t gonna watch Jesus on TV -- they haven’t got electricity. They’re not going to hear about Him unless we go. So would you? I’m here with a plea for you…if you’ve known the love of God…if you’ve tasted of His sweetness at all…there’s no other way to serve him except giving up your life…and this is voluntary. This is not a sentence of death…at all -- we’re not sentenced to death. We are just privileged to answer His call.”