Day Minus Eight (10/3/24)
We have been meeting regularly as a mission team to discuss the upcoming eyeglass clinic trip to Panama. We have delved into the Servanthood Bible Study provided by MOST Ministries, which challenged us to consider why we serve and what it means to serve. (We love others and serve them out of gratitude for what Christ has done for us. We serve others because it's what we were created to do, and our lives would not be complete any other way...) We have learned a little about the culture of Panama, some of us may have even learned a few phrases in Spanish....We have perhaps some idea of what we are going to pack, we have our shots, but are we REALLY READY? Are we ready to leave our familiar surroundings to serve in an eyeglass clinic in Panama? We pray that we may grow day by day more into the mind of Christ, and that He would equip us for this trip. We go in the confidence that He WILL equip us for this trip, because He has promised to do so! Behold, the eye of the LORD is on thos