We've picked up our lives and moved to Globe Arizona. My
whole life has been in Southern California. I grew up in Cerritos, graduated
from Cerritos High. Worked in Compton. Got married and lived in Lakewood. There
was a brief time we moved to Modesto, but I would prefer to forget that time in
my life. Anyway, we have lived in Orange County for the past 20 years. Life was
good. I worked at Knott Avenue Christian Church for 13 years. Liz worked for
CDF, Church Development Fund. Life was good. But something strange happened. We
felt God calling us to Globe. I would have been happy to go to Australia. I
love the people there. I have friends there who think of me, Liz and our kids as family.
Life would have been great there. But no, We had to be a called to Globe. I'm
not saying it's bad in Globe, (tarantulas, scorpions, lizards and cockroaches,
and that's just IN the house.) no, Globe is nice. The people are friendly, gas
is cheaper, housing is cheaper. We get to work with three of the best people
you will ever want to meet. But why here in Arizona? Aren't missionaries
supposed to go to the deep dark places in the world where no one has heard of
Jesus? Isn't that what we've always heard? Isn't this a "Christian"
nation after all? Aren't we the richest nation in the world? Well let me tell
you something I've learned along the way, EVERYONE needs to hear about Jesus.
That's right everyone. The Apache people on the San Carlos Reservation, and
Aboriginal people in Australia. The people living in Globe. The people living
in Anaheim. The people living in every state in the US, the people living in every
country in the world. As the song goes, "Everybody needs Jesus, everybody
has a right to know..."
So what happens now? I don't know, I'll just have to
follow what Jesus has for me and we'll see.
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