I have lunch/dinner with a friend of mine every Tuesday and we often talk about Whitton. A few weeks ago, I was telling her about how much money the WABC family gave to missions in 2008 (beyond tithing and that included in the general budget). She says to me "You don't just send money, you send people". And then today in Sunday School, this weeks ABC of God was U for Unchanging (because God is unchanging). We were talking about good and bad changes when Alice says, "..and sometimes your friends move away."
She's right, sometimes your friends move away (which is difficult at any age). For those of us at WABC, one thing for sure is that it's really just a matter of time before our unchanging Lord will ask us to say yet another bittersweet goodbye so that He can change the lives of others for eternity.
The only problem with this is we don't just send people, we send my friends. When I meet new people at WABC the standard "nice to meet you" really implies, "Hi I'm Sam (or Samantha) and the Lord will be sending me out in 3 years, six months, and two days. In the mean time, we'll become the dearest of friends and I'll be sure to take a little piece of your heart with me when I go. "
The only saving grace in all of it is that they also leave a little piece of their heart with all of us. My heart doesn't seem to be getting any smaller, but there sure are a lot of little pieces of it everywhere.
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