Safety

So for the last couple of days I have been saying good bye to some people I won't see till after the trip. Today will be the hard one of those by the way as I say good bye to Pam and the Boys as our departure is so early. Anyway, I have been struck by the the frequent if not exclusive wishes for safety. Now don't get me wrong I love being wished and prayed for safety and we picked Mwandi because safety was a top concern but somehow all these wishes for safety has me thinking about it. I guess I have never worried about safety at this location and as a result have been free to wish for other things - like changed lives both in us as a team and for the folks in Mwandi. I have also been wondering about how Jesus would respond to making safety a top concern. The verse that keeps coming to mind is "is whoever would save his life will lose it but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it." Very counter intuitive that Jesus! While I want us all safe and sound physically Spiritually I am praying that this trip will be a form of losing our lives for Jesus sake and thus being saved. Please join me in praying about that.