Lessons that change us

This is a cracking photo of two young missionaries, returning home exhausted, after another long hard day. This was outside our Stowe Road apartment in Shepherd’s Bush, London – in January 1984. I’d been out only a few weeks in the England London Mission.

I had the best trainer ever in Kelley Gray

Times never to be forgotten.

Those were the days!!

Every day those lessons in the mission field challenged me.

More significantly, they changed me.

Now, as Monic and I lead the Belgium Netherlands Mission, frequently I see great power and wisdom in the phrase “𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒖𝒔.”

For all who have served or are currently serving, I am absolutely certain each of you will know exactly what I mean.

That said, these lessons don’t only take place in the mission field.

What lessons have challenged and changed you?