Through the American Women's Club I have met three great women who are here (with their families) to start a church in Brussels. It is called The Well and it is more laid back than your traditional church. This is because they want to appeal to Europeans who might have never been to church and might be scared away by a more formal service.
These missionaries have been working for the last six months on building a congregation and learning more about the community. Tonight was their first "official" service and it was great. I am just amazed thinking of what faith it must have taken for each of them to sell their homes in the States, move across the ocean to a country that is not very receptive to anything religious, figure out insurance, housing and so many other relocation issues without the help of some corporate HR department and then enroll their children in an all French speaking school while they themselves are struggling to learn the new language too.
In the churches I went to back in the States I would often hear prayer and donation requests for missionaries living abroad. I never thought too much about these requests and honestly thought those missionaries were a little crazy to take such a chance going to somewhere new and different. Well life has taken a turn for me and now I am in awe of these people. I think I will forever have a different outlook on missionaries and will be one of the first to pray for and contribute to their cause.
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