A Practical Walk

Today I’m deeply grateful for our co-workers in West Africa. It seemed appropriate to wait until Thanksgiving to share this request as Thanksgiving has become a time I associate with celebrating with them.

Of course in West Africa the fourth Thursday of November isn’t a holiday, so we usually ended up gathering all our co-workers together the following Saturday. Everyone would pitch in with food and we’d meet at someone’s house, ours or another co-worker’s. It was always a special time.

Our teammates have had such a huge impact on our lives. They’ve encouraged us, stood with us in difficult times, prayed with us, hung out with our kids. As I sit here and remember some of the ways they’ve listened to us, reached out to us or just plain laughed with us, I tear up. They have become some of our closest friends. When the body of Christ works together it’s a beautiful thing and I’m just so thankful for them!