I can't believe today is the last day of February!
Josh and I were able to attend a contemporary church service at the United States Air Force Academy Chapel today. Wow . . . . It is one of the most beautiful churches I have ever seen! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves!
Needless to say, it was a very moving service and we are hoping to be able to get a ride back next Sunday as well.
Besides that, we've been working on a lot of homework regarding conflict resolution styles in different situations with different people. We had to talk to each other, to a member of our family of origin, and a co-worker or other close friend about the way that we handle conflict. The purpose was to realize that it is inevitable that we will encounter conflict with our team once we get to Ecuador, and there are a lot of different ways to handle it. Each situation demands prayerful consideration. This has required some very intense and sometimes difficult introspection, but we have learned a lot about ourselves.
The tendency is to think that there is only one appropriate way to handle every conflict and that we are, by nature, utilizing the wrong method. We realized, however, that Jesus himself valued many different styles of conflict resolution in different situations: sometimes he withdrew from the conflict (Luke 5:16), but sometimes - for example in the temple - he was far more assertive and took charge of the conflict (Matthew 21:12). Just realizing this fact, however, is not enough. It will take a great deal of time, focus, and prayer to put this into practice.
Josh and I are very excited to jump into this next week! On a lighter note, we learned that when a road sign says 4-wheel drive vehicles only, they aren't kidding:
Thank goodness for a kind man with an SUV!
Love and God Bless,
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