Some of you are thinking “what is a terrible title”. The church is not about “you”, “me”, or “I”. Before you have a heart attack and quit reading I am talking about “international church”.
Last night after the Legacy service Amy told me about walking through the church and talking with one of our leaders about an upcoming trip to Brazil. He asked her if she had meet Marcos, a new person from Sao Paulo, Brazil. She went to meet him and talk for a few minutes. After finishing the conversation she proceeded to pick up our youngest from his class. As she was walking back to the office she stopped to have a discussion with Leon who is from the Dem. Republic of Congo. Nearing the office she realized that our partner from North India was standing at the welcome center, his name is Biju. She was relaying this story to me after we had finished having a video chat with Pat and Amy in Beijing, China. (courtesy of MacBook IChat)
We both were pretty amazed that the Lord has brought the nations to our doorstep in Smyrna, TN. He has also allowed us the opportunity to join him in his global plan. I have asked Tim Patterson to begin gathering the names of the people in our church who are from other countries so we can have a good picture of the nations who are represented in this body. Right now I can think of people from Myanmar, Laos, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Thailand, India, and Arkansas. (just kidding)
Thank you God for calling us to the nations and for bringing the nations to Smyrna. Help us to remain faithful to your task. God, thank you for making us an international church for your glory.
