And so it is. My trip has come to an end, as I now sit on the play, returning home. Obviously I am not able to post this until I return home, however, thought writing it on the plane seemed the prefect moment.
The last day and a half were relaxed, chilled and fun. I got to spend time with the pastor’s son, Jo, a good friend, we went to the movies, chatted and chilled. I also visited a house that uses 1 5th of the energy of a normal house. It has carpets which feel like normal carpets, yet are actually made from recycled plastic. It was a marvel of modern day architecture.
It was lovely sitting at dinner with my adopted family on both the Thursday night, and lunch today, people who feel like they are my family just as much as my family back home, and it is strange to be leaving them. God opened my eyes to so many things these last two weeks. I know more of my own destiny in Christ. I understand more of how God’s will works, even in the context of healing, particularly when connected with my own healing, which will manifest itself one day soon.
I feel the call of preacher and teacher on my life, and it has been amazing to say the least, to be able to be a part of what God is doing in the small Texan town of Azle. Perrianne and I both got extremely excited talking about where the future of these friendships may go, as I feel so at home there, and so released. We got talking about alsorts of crazy ideas, talking about conferences and challenging humanistic thought, looking at Christianity through post modern ideas.
I feel God has truly given me an experience that has affected my life and love deeply, and recognise the significance of this trip, as I move to Chichester, as part of a new church, part of a community that I have already been involved in. Just to add the challenges, I have just watched the film “Luther” on my laptop. It is all about Martin Luther, not Jr, who was the famous American, but the German, who gave birth the Lutheran Church. It was an incredible tale of one man, willing to change the ways of what he had been taught, recognising that there was more to the gospel then what had been taught by the Catholic Church. He was a history maker, who shook the world, and brought something new.
Myself, I am looking to shake up legalistic ideas, and know this is part of my call, but more on that another time, for it is 5:30 in the morning, and in two hours we will be landing, and I need some rest. God bless you all, Rich
PS> The pictures are my adopted Texas family, parents, brothers and sisters in Christ.
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