We share a story!

It was on Monday morning I was driving up a steep hill in the Appalachia mtns of Tennessee. When I arrived at the house I was in shock and didn't know what to expect - all I knew was that this family of four needed new windows. We opened the door and my eyes teared up. There was a woman my age, her husband and two precious children eagerly awaiting our arrival to work on their home. Yes this was their home. Throughout the week we repaired their windows, rotten floors, and much more - BUT it was in the moments that I sat on their couch and heard their stories that I realized despite our many difference - here was a young woman just like me striving to make it in a world, trying to discern who God is calling her to be, providing for her children, loving her husband, and living each day to the fullest. Here I was standing in her home and recognizing God's presence with us. Through her life story I was able to hear how our stories overlapped - they overlapped with bridging the gap between mission work and relationship building. I made a friend this week with a woman who struggles between working full time and having insurance or working part time to get food stamps. We may live in different states, experience life differently, but when we were sitting there in her living room we shared in each other's story. we share a story.