The most uncomfortable question in the world.

Why?

Why are you moving to Germany?

As Paul and I share about our plans to move overseas in the upcoming months, there is always a single question which is inevitably asked: Why?

It’s a logical question, we are doing something out of the ordinary and people want to account for it. Unfortunately, this doesn’t make it any more comfortable. It feels a little bit like when I was a child and people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, they would smile at my response and then proceed with the follow up, Why?.

It makes me feel a little bit smaller, like I need to find a reason to justify what I am doing and the reasons I currently have aren’t good enough.

I guess to our culture they aren’t.

We’re not moving for jobs.

We’re not moving for security.

We’re not moving because of family ties.

So why are we moving?

There is a small church in Dusseldorf which is trying to introduce Germany to Jesus. Not to a state run church. Not to a culture of faith. To Jesus. 

And they need help.

So we’re going. 

I’m not sure what we will do about jobs. I have a few ideas but nothing in the way of a tangible income.

They only security we have is God’s promise to provide and our Bingo fund. In avionics when you hit the point where you have just enough fuel to get home, you declare bingo and head back. We have a small savings account with enough money to get us home.

I do have family in Germany, and I am excited to get to spend more time with them but the reality is they are just a few who I have met a handful of times. Our immediate family will all still be in California. We are leaving behind much more than we are going to greet.

So please pray for us as we continue to prepare for this transition. Pray that we would be bold in telling people that we are going to Germany to live in a community which loves Jesus and invites others to love Him too.