When we live our lives as missions, we become aware that there is a home from where we are sent and to where we have to return. We start thinking about ourselves as people who are in a faraway country to bring a message or work on a project, but only for a certain amount of time. When the message has been delivered and the project is finished, we want to return home to give an account of our mission and to rest from our labours.
One of the most important spiritual disciplines is to develop the knowledge that the years of our lives are years "on a mission."
Henri Houwen
Here is my latest from my trip to Haiti. http://thedrum.typepad.com/the_drum/2012/05/to-haiti-and-back.html
Yes…exactly! I read this after I posted my plea for stories from Haiti. You get the privilege of seeing, hearing amd doing so much across the globe…share the wealth of what you have touched and what has touched you. I know you are busy…I never know where, when or what time zone you are in…so write on those stinking long flights and hours of standbys.. You got stories in you that are not for you alone. I’m going to beat them out of you.