Can you imagine being unreachable for a week?<\/p>\n
Maybe it\u2019s just me, but because I\u2019m on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, I am (almost) never unreachable. My cell phone (for better or for worse) brings me not just calls, but texts and emails wherever I am.<\/p>\n
There are times when I turn off my phone, or where I don\u2019t get a signal, but those times are few and far between.<\/p>\n
So it was interesting this morning to read a missionary\u2019s newsletter in which he said he was going to help a team in a tribal village, so he\u2019d be out of touch for a week. OK, that\u2019s just one week, right?<\/p>\n
Sure, for him.<\/p>\n
But for the team in the village, there was no Internet access, so no email. No phone or cell phone. Nothing but a two-way radio to check in or call in case of emergency. For months at a time.<\/p>\n
And as I sit here and my phone vibrates in my pocket, I find that a bit foreign.<\/p>\n
Would you pray for these missionaries who are so isolated for months at a time? Pray also that I can make times to disconnect from everything around me and connect with God.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m planning a backpacking trip in Northern Florida September for just that reason; pray that the weather cools off a bit for that \u2013 and not because of a tropical storm or hurricane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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