We Wave Goodbye to Believers Fellowship by Molly
Sometimes the English language falls short in providing the exact word for a particular situation. As we leave New Orleans and wave goodbye to the outstanding team from Believers Fellowship, one word is exactly appropriate: bittersweet. Not many other languages have a word like this, and it describes exactly what we feel. While we are looking forward to going home for a bit of rest, we always find it hard to say goodbye when we have spent a week in community sharing meals, smiles, laughter, tears, and prayers.
The Believers team worked hard, played hard, and prayed hard. They spent several days driving in a van without A/C in 90 degree heat and really didn’t complain. They shared the love of Christ with each other and with the people of New Orleans. They displayed grace, joy, and forgiveness as well as some pretty spectacular dance moves.
Our prayer for them as they travel back “across the entire country,” is that they continue to display the amazing love that we witnessed this past week; we pray that they never forget they are ‘masterpieces’, and that they live fully those masterpiece lives that God created them for. If the last week in New Orleans is any indication…it’s going to be an amazing summer.