We were on the Island of Ra, 20 minutes off the coast on a wooden long-tailed boat, the only guests at a kind of rugged cabin/camping site. We had finished dinner and a day of exciting discoveries; giant jellyfish, big pufferfish, and a sea-snake among other animals! We were doing a simple de-brief as a team, and one of the questions was, "What has been the most difficult thing for you these past 10 months" and "What do you want to thank the Lord the most for?" One of our partners, Ning, said the hardest thing was working as a team, and working as a team is also the thing she wants to thank the Lord the most for.
Working as a team is hard work! It is the number one reason missionaries leave a work. Among other things, it takes a lot of prayer, humility, willingness to compromise, mutual respect and understanding that we all have our weaknesses and strengths. These are all values that we can all agree on in principle, but find a challenge to work out in daily life.
I thank the Lord for our team, yet I also know we need a lot of prayer. As we see churches being established and new believers growing in the Lord, we also experience the fiery darts of the enemy...and team unity seems to be a favorite target.
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