Even though I am not with the kids and teachers heading back\nto school this month, I have been on a steep learning curve of my own.<\/p>\n\n\n
Ministry among the poor of this world is like so many other things\nin life: there are a million ways to do it wrong and a handful of ways to do it\nright. I joined the Mission Resource team last January because I felt Mission Resource was doing it\nright.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
So I have spent the last few months asking questions, watching my boss work, and reading everything I can get my hands on about meeting the financial\nneeds of the poor. As I have been reading Banker to the Poor<\/i>, Created\nto Flourish<\/i>, and From Dependence to Dignity<\/i>, I am more convinced\nthan ever that Mission Resource is on the right track. And doing essential Kingdom-building work.<\/p>\n\n\n
In the next few weeks, God willing, I will get firsthand\nexperience with our partners and clients in Ghana. It will be like moving from a textbook to the lab.(So much more fun!) And, I expect, an even steeper learning curve.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
I would appreciate your prayers as we finalize travel plans for early September. I am a little nervous because my passport is in the mail right now on its way to the Ghana Embassy for a travel visa. (The embassy is in Little Rock, Arkansas of all places!)<\/p>\n\n\n
And it looks like I will finally need to stop procrastinating on getting a Covid shot if I want to be certain I can enter Ghana without hassle.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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