After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore, ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Go on your way. See, I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. (Luke 10:1-3)

“The church exists by mission as fire exists by burning.” Emil Brunner

Groundhog Day In West Virginia

Years ago, some other adults and I took the youth group from our church on a mission trip to the Appalachia Service Project in West Virginia.

My team consisted of me, an adult woman, and eight kids, aged 13-18. We were sent to a little house, built on a shelf cut into the steep side of a large hill. Whoever built the h…