I hope you all had a great Easter! We traveled to Florida and had a chance to steal a week of summer in April!

This upcoming week is a big week at our church. It is called the Global Impact Celebration and it truly is a celebration of God’s work globally. We have 47 missionaries from near and far coming for talks, worship, gatherings, meals, prayer tours and more.

We only have this event every few years and looking back the last GIC we had really led to some life-changing experiences. It began with Laura and I agreeing to host an UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) worker that shared with us her travels and experiences helping out with various natural disasters around the world. Then, I was invited to a meeting that ultimately led to the first ever exchange with men from the Czech Republic. While I was in the Czech Republic, Laura went on her first mission trip to Brazil. I am not going to lie–before the GIC neither one of us was thinking too much about going to either one of those places.

But seeing and hearing their stories led us to begin seeing how God works outside of our little “bubble”. Sometimes, it is easy for us to just think about and pray about our “bubbles”. We tend to forget how BIG this world is that God created. Don’t get me wrong, we are called to primarily care for our families. But, in my experience, expanding my world has even led to an expanded family!

What are areas where you can grow your world? The world is a big place and you don’t have to go to all over it to help advance God’s Kingdom. You can prayerfully and/or financially support workers that are in the missionary field near and far.

I am willing to bet that as you let God expand your world, you will find that He equips you to be even more effective in your own home! It is just one of the many paradoxes of being obedient to Christ.

More to come…
Jeremy