God shows His mercy to us in many ways. For the past five weeks we've enjoyed having Mercy share our lives with us. She not only has a cool name, she has a beautiful spirit to match it. We've been blessed to have her with us.
Mercy is a homeschooled teenager from Texas. Since a major part of my ministry here in Japan is supporting homeschool families, it was a perfect fit for her to come and help us out. Japan has been on her heart for several years. We made plans for her to come before the earthquake plunged our lives into uncertainty. We waited until we were pretty sure she would be safe and then asked if she was still interested in coming. The disasters only heightened her desire to serve.
I love what I do, but sometimes the to-do lists in my mind threaten to overwhelm me. It's tricky to do it all. Mercy was willing to do all kinds of mundane tasks for the good of the overall ministry. She stuffed envelopes, cleaned book shelves, moved boxes, mopped floors, washed dishes, peeled off labels from discarded library books, emptied our dehumidifiers (often!), etc. She spent many hours helping us with our project of getting our cassettes converted to CDs. She especially enjoyed tutoring a student in writing. Whatever needed to be done next, she did it cheerfully.
My office is spread out into several small rooms. At this moment those rooms are better organized and more usable than they have been in the history of School Support Services. I love an orderly work environment!
Mercy has what I think is the most important quality a missionary needs–a servant heart. It will be interesting to see how the Lord leads her in the future.
Thank you, Lord, for mercifully sending us Mercy!
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