One man’s mission field is another’s land of opportunity.
I realized this in a fresh way as I was interacting with some immigrants to South Africa from Malawi.
They were telling me about their home nation, Malawi. The common descriptions were of a lush, green, and beautiful nation which was peaceful.
They left their homeland for South Africa, also a beautiful land. But on the day I was having this conversation, we were bracing ourselves though near gale force winds blowing sand through every opening on buildings. You could hear their longing for home in their voices.
And, they remarked often how they had left safety for crime. These immigrants left home to live in shacks in an impoverished, crime ridden community.
A community which I consider to be a part of my mission field.
Why you ask?
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Flckr photo By:Matti