Although we are contributing in small ways to the church here, I feel like a child in many ways. I do not know how to buy a sandwich, how to get around the city, or how to read the signs in the park. It is humiliating to go from adult-level competence in one culture to infancy in another.
A woman who knew nothing of this struggle came to me yesterday at church. She said, "Just your being here means so much to us. You do not need to do anything. Since you have come, we know that we are not forgotten."
We cannot "do" much in our time here, but we can let believers in Turkey know that God remembers them.
"But Zion said, 'The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me.' 'Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?
Though she may forget, I will not forget you!' " (Isaiah 49:14-1
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Great shot with the family on the bench... You're right-- don't "do," just "be." Love your updates.
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