Filed under: Author Introductions
our house church is involved in serving burmese refugees in the hampton roads area. this is how we started,–i hope this encourages you to step out and get involved:
I belong to a house church and we had been praying about how to get involved in our neighborhood and in the nations. We began last year by supporting 10 orphans in Burma. My husband and I are good friends with the founders who visited our house church earlier this year. While here, they invited our church to join them on a trip to Burma to visit our 10 orphans, to put hands and feet to our monthly pledge. They also inspired us to bless the nations by getting involved with refugees here in our own town. After they left, I made a phone call to the Refugee and Immigrations Office of Hampton Roads. I talked to the director and explained that we were interested in getting some information about refugees in our community. When I asked which people group in our area had the greatest need she promptly replied “BURMESE.” So, orphans in Burma, a trip to Burma, and now we were going to adopt two refugee families from Burma only 5 miles from our house!
it has been several months now since we have been meeting with these lovely people. initially it was somewhat awkward but i have to say that now we are best of friends. we have been involved in every aspect of their lives. it has been one of the best experiences for our house church. a simple act of obedience in serving has turned into great relationships with these families. we have gone from “meeting” with them to “visiting” with them. we have had the best of times and hilarious times in developing our communication skills.
you will never experience anything like this–the privilege of being the “Light and Love of Christ” to the “stranger in our land”.
i would like to encourage you to get involved—more stories next time
kim
