Comments on: The Only Thing Harder Than Arriving? Leaving. http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/05/15/the-only-thing-harder-than-arriving-leaving/ Let's give the Commission back to the church. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:48:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: stepchild http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/05/15/the-only-thing-harder-than-arriving-leaving/comment-page-1/#comment-1500 stepchild Sun, 18 May 2008 15:32:30 +0000 http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/05/15/the-only-thing-harder-than-arriving-leaving/#comment-1500 Thank you all for being so kind. I'm really encouraged by your words. Rick (Nomad), I wondered what happened to you. I suppose I should have written. I know that the American worldview is going to suck me back in, but I'm going to fight it! Camel Rider, Done and done! Debbie, Thanks for the invitation. You know, I <em>am</em> going to be in Oklahoma this summer... Thank you all for being so kind. I’m really encouraged by your words.

Rick (Nomad),
I wondered what happened to you. I suppose I should have written. I know that the American worldview is going to suck me back in, but I’m going to fight it!

Camel Rider,
Done and done!

Debbie,
Thanks for the invitation. You know, I am going to be in Oklahoma this summer…

]]> By: Debbie Kaufman http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/05/15/the-only-thing-harder-than-arriving-leaving/comment-page-1/#comment-1497 Debbie Kaufman Sat, 17 May 2008 18:51:52 +0000 http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/05/15/the-only-thing-harder-than-arriving-leaving/#comment-1497 Stepchild: I too have been following your blog for a few years as you know, and I respect your decision while feeling that the IMB and your particular mission field will be all the poorer for it. I have read and appreciated your honesty, sharing your questions and struggles. Just from reading your blog I don't blame those who are issuing invitations to you as I am sure like me, it would be great to meet you and sit down to talk further on many things you have written on this blog. Stepchild: I too have been following your blog for a few years as you know, and I respect your decision while feeling that the IMB and your particular mission field will be all the poorer for it. I have read and appreciated your honesty, sharing your questions and struggles.

Just from reading your blog I don’t blame those who are issuing invitations to you as I am sure like me, it would be great to meet you and sit down to talk further on many things you have written on this blog.

]]> By: Camel Rider http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/05/15/the-only-thing-harder-than-arriving-leaving/comment-page-1/#comment-1484 Camel Rider Fri, 16 May 2008 21:36:11 +0000 http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/05/15/the-only-thing-harder-than-arriving-leaving/#comment-1484 Stepchild.... You and I are much alike. I did the same thing when we left Spain and went back to the US. It drove my wife crazy...."just one more cafe con leche"....Enjoy these last few days. Drink as many cortados as you can handle, walk along the med. and take it all in. The adventure that llies ahead is going to be fast, take unexpected turns and go places you never thought imaginable. The good news is that he's been preparing you for it all along. Drink a cortado for me! Stepchild….
You and I are much alike. I did the same thing when we left Spain and went back to the US. It drove my wife crazy….”just one more cafe con leche”….Enjoy these last few days. Drink as many cortados as you can handle, walk along the med. and take it all in. The adventure that llies ahead is going to be fast, take unexpected turns and go places you never thought imaginable. The good news is that he’s been preparing you for it all along.
Drink a cortado for me!

]]> By: Rick Boyne http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/05/15/the-only-thing-harder-than-arriving-leaving/comment-page-1/#comment-1483 Rick Boyne Fri, 16 May 2008 21:06:41 +0000 http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/05/15/the-only-thing-harder-than-arriving-leaving/#comment-1483 Stepchild, I have been following your blog for a long while and have always appreciated your insight. When we left the field last year (after 9 years) and returned home, we have found ourselves missing the very things you mentioned in your post. When you get home, be ready for it all over again. And it isn't like STAS; there, you always had the sense you were headed back. I find myself falling into the very things that I said I would never do, if I ever lived back in the States. Pray hard; for the return is as hard as leaving... God bless you bro. Rick (Nomad4God) Stepchild,

I have been following your blog for a long while and have always appreciated your insight. When we left the field last year (after 9 years) and returned home, we have found ourselves missing the very things you mentioned in your post.

When you get home, be ready for it all over again. And it isn’t like STAS; there, you always had the sense you were headed back. I find myself falling into the very things that I said I would never do, if I ever lived back in the States.

Pray hard; for the return is as hard as leaving…

God bless you bro.

Rick (Nomad4God)

]]> By: Deb http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/05/15/the-only-thing-harder-than-arriving-leaving/comment-page-1/#comment-1482 Deb Fri, 16 May 2008 16:35:12 +0000 http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/05/15/the-only-thing-harder-than-arriving-leaving/#comment-1482 Stepchild: The most important difference is that you are different. The Lord used your time in Europe to change you into someone more attune to what is really important. Following His will, His voice and seeing those around you (wherever that is) through HIs eyes. You'll take that with you when you leave. What remains....well, that's God's responsibility for He is the Lord of the Harvest. Your job was just to prepare the field, remove the rocks, sow, plant, water, rake up the soil and wait on Him. May the Lord comfort you as you make this big transition. Stepchild:

The most important difference is that you are different. The Lord used your time in Europe to change you into someone more attune to what is really important. Following His will, His voice and seeing those around you (wherever that is) through HIs eyes. You’ll take that with you when you leave.

What remains….well, that’s God’s responsibility for He is the Lord of the Harvest. Your job was just to prepare the field, remove the rocks, sow, plant, water, rake up the soil and wait on Him.

May the Lord comfort you as you make this big transition.

]]> By: Kari http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/05/15/the-only-thing-harder-than-arriving-leaving/comment-page-1/#comment-1480 Kari Fri, 16 May 2008 08:39:36 +0000 http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2008/05/15/the-only-thing-harder-than-arriving-leaving/#comment-1480 I remember those feelings from when we left Senegal, and am preparing for them again when we leave here. It's such an odd feeling - caught between wanting to hold on to every bit and also completely ready to let it go. Thanks for th reminder to appreciate it now, before it becomes bittersweet. I remember those feelings from when we left Senegal, and am preparing for them again when we leave here. It’s such an odd feeling – caught between wanting to hold on to every bit and also completely ready to let it go.

Thanks for th reminder to appreciate it now, before it becomes bittersweet.

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