In the late 1970s. We entertained (?) missionaries for a Sunday afternoon. They were home on furlough and we had the opportunity to feed them Sunday dinner and visit with them about their ministry. I remember their prayer card in my Bible and on a bulletin board in the kitchen for years. Pray fro the Grings. Now in 2013 I am truly learning how committed and dedicated this wonderful couple truly were. Bob and his wife were 2nd generation Grings missionaries in the Congo. Today Bev (Grings) and Lee Ward serve in the Congo along with her Brother, Dan and several of his children, now 4th generation missionaries to the Congo. I am impressed with their courage and dedication to the Lord. They have escaped the country in difficult times in the 60s with gun fire whizzing past them as they ran to a helicopter to get out of the country.
Life in the Congo became the normal life for them. And why? Because despite the language differences, despite the violent and disruptive life style, they loved these people and more than that they LOVED their LORD and had a heart for bringing the gospel to the Congo.
Luke 12:15 says, "A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesses. " These second, third and fourth generation have not grown up with the "things." we in America have. They knew little of the phonographs, the records, the toys of my generation let alone the IPhones, the tablets, the X boxes, electronic games, TVs, videos, DVDs, CDs, instant cameras!
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