Loving Others for Jesus

Click on the picture to read an article we wrote about how MCNW has impacted our journey

Do you ever feel like you want to be more involved, or get your family more involved in loving others for Jesus but just don't know where to start? Sometimes it seems like it should be easy to find ways to serve, but then....it's not. Maybe it just feels like it takes too much research, or you just don't know what opportunities are out there. It is easy to get involved, whether you never leave your town, or you travel far away. It's also easy to get your kids, your family, involved. You just have to GET CONNECTED to the right people!

Mission Connexion NW is an annual event in the Portland area that attracts thousands of people from all over to attend plenary speaking sessions by some top-notch missionaries and teachers, participate in a few of over 100 workshops dealing with every area of Christianity and Missions one could think of, and peruse dozens and dozens of booths by missions and service agencies from the Portland area and far beyond. We (including our children) have enjoyed it immensely over the last several years and count ourselves blessed to live in an area where something like this happens. It is one the best ways to let others lead you into what the best ways to serve are in your community....babies, homeless, teens, Muslims, college students, adoption...-you name it, there is someone there to help you get involved! You can come for part or all, and IT'S FREE!

We recently spoke for a few minutes at a pastors' luncheon in Salem, OR encouraging them to encourage their church bodies to visit MCNW this next January, and have also written a little blurb about it in this month's MCNW newsletter. There is MUCH going on in the worldwide Christian missions/church community and MCNW is definitely in the mix! Check it out in the other features of the newsletter.

God has a way just for you to be blessed by allowing Him to use you to love others!