The Blessings of God: Encouragers

We recently helped carry out a Compassion Clinic in the state of Washington for the first time ever.  It was incredible and it was more than three hours away from home turf in Portland, OR.  Yet something special was up there in Yakima, WA: some of the volunteers from Portland!

Gary and I went up to Yakima in April to help them discover what the churches working together with God's leading could do in the way of free medical/dental care for their neighbors.  We went alone.  Then in July the event took place along side a Louis Palau event.  Gary and I wanted to go up and bring all the Compassion Connect equipment...its our "job" right?..but much more our passion and calling. Why would anyone else come up?

Little did we expect to see some very familiar faces in Yakima.  Three of our closest and strongest Compassion Clinic volunteers drove up to Yakima so that they could be there to help wherever needed. It seemed like they couldn't help but come....it was as if missing the opportunity to serve at a Compassion Clinic would be equivalent to being sent to your room on timeout.

It made me feel incredibly proud of the people who serve at Compassion Clinics and so much more appreciative of what God is saying to us: "You are doing well my good and faithful servants...I'm going to send you more people who will be drawn closer to me through your leadership...don't mess it up!"

Honestly, it feels like a family....people who have similar blood running through their veins...similar passion to see churches serving together as The Church....we all love Jesus...and for the most part we all laugh at Gary's cheesy jokes.  In at least one sense of the word that makes us family.