I am reminded today that our adjustment this year is not just about figuring out how to negogiate life in the US, but a continual realization that we are no longer involved with Christ School. A daily letting go of the school, students and staff that occupied much of our waking hours and (some of our sleeping ones too!) over the last 10 years. Today the team in Bundibugyo travels over the mountains to a nearby safari lodge to pray, play and plan for the future. These were always good times for us as a family. A chance to get away from the daily bustle of life and re-connect with our team, discuss our vision for Christ School, hear what other's on the team were hoping and dreaming for the various ministries and people with which they were involved. It was a time to dream, to connect, to push forward towards a sometimes different future, a different stage in the establishment of the school. A time to talk of big changes and small ones, a time to celebrate the victories of the past and take deep breaths and hear encouragement for the things that didn't quite go as anticipated.
So there they are this year dreaming and planning. And here we are uninvolved. The truth of our "handing over the school" feels harder this week somehow. Not that this planning retreat makes it any more true than it was when we said goodbye and left last Feb. We do believe that the Lord brought us to BGO to start Christ School, to use our particular strengths and gifts at that particular time and for those particular students and staff. And we also believe that He brought the Pierce's for this next particular time in the school's history. We hold both these truths in one hand and yet our sorrow about letting go and turning over the school in the other. Today the tension is greater than it is many days.
We need your prayers not only for the planning that will be happening over the next few days by the team in Bundibugyo, but also for us to continue to trust that God knows what He is doing and that ultimately it is His school anyway. We remain thankful for the part we got to play and look forward to His plans for our future.
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I'm sorry for the pain of separation that you experiencing. It seems you are paying the bittersweet price for having made deep, loving connections with other godly people in service to the Lord. There is something much worse, though. What if you didn't miss them at all?
How I wish God would wipe away your tears (and mine) today but that is something we are to look forward to (Rev 7:17 and Rev 21:4). The fact that the same consolation appears twice in Revelation is a little extra encouragement, is it not?
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