Last week we gathered with a group of churches who are actively engaging with the refugee community of Oklahoma City. And I wish I could express well enough on paper just how amazing it was. As far as meetings go, it certainly wasn't spectacular. We didn't even have any multi-media presentations…how 1990's of us. But, what WAS absolutely spectacular was seeing a room full of networked churches who are choosing to very practically and very supernaturally love their neighbors from all over the world.
All of us at Spero know that no program can fully meet the needs of this community. They aren't 'problems.' They are PEOPLE who are new to America and need one thing to make it here: relationships.
So, to hear stories of American families who are sharing meals, holidays, life with their Iraqi neighbors; to hear mothers who are just as passionate about the education of their Burmese friends' children as they are the education of their own children; to hear the ways that these families are using their LIVES to share the steadfast love of Jesus--it was overwhelming.
It's why I know our organization is appropriately named. "Spero" is Latin for "hope." And HOPE is all that I see coming from a small gathering like we had last week.
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