Africa Bound
Brian and Cathy Gray
Well it's been a long time coming but it should come as no surprise to those who know us well that we are giving all to become full time missionaries.
Granted we've been short term missionaries in Honduras since 2008 however this different.
We have also run a faith based transitional home and lived with furloughed inmates since 2005 which probably seems crazy enough to most, however we've always had financial security, and a place to lay our heads in a paradise that most people only dream of visiting. In a word we have lived the proverbial American dream.
Giving everything up now in hopes of serving the poorest of the poor in the most impoverished and worn torn corners of the world might sound like foolishness to some. However this has been our dream since before we were married. In fact we have both known since we were children that we were made for this day.
As Christians we are called to live and walk by faith. There's really nothing in the bible that even hints that we should play it safe. Jesus gave the formula. He who would lose his life for His sake will gain it. So we are going. We are going with a goal of loving the lost and unloved in hopes of one day becoming love ourselves. This our plan. This is our theory. To be honest we don't even know what that looks like or even means at this point. We are stepping out with child like faith, knowing only that we know nothing especially what lies ahead. We are only certain that God has called us to a deeper place, a place of knowing Him more, free from the life draining comforts the of modern life; a place of acquaintance with His sorrows and with those sorrows, an unspeakable joy that we know will be our inheritance if we remain obedient to His call.
We will be departing Kauai to attend the IRIS Global Harvest School of Missions in Pemba Mozambique on Oct 4th. God willing we will eventually be in places such as South Sudan, Honduras and wherever the Lord calls us. Follow us here if you'd like periodic updates
as we journey deeper into the heart of God and endeavor to love Him by loving His children here on earth.
