This is one of my favourite quotes and I have had the immense privilege of seeing it lived out over the summer holidays. We stayed in Kaiteriteri again with a number of families from Ilam. I also had some of my wider family staying as well. They were overwhelmed by the generosity and community that they saw and experienced. From bike rides and playing games at the beach to sharing supper and chatting in the evenings. For board games, walks and helping out to make pack down the easiest it has ever been, I got to see the community through fresh eyes and appreciated that this is not normal life for many people.
While the wider stories of what is happening in the world leave me feeling anxious and scared, I am grateful for this reminder that God’s work in the world mostly happens in small ways. Sarah Bessey tells a story of faith moving mountains by the tenacity of people moving one stone at a time and I definitely saw a few stones being moved this summer.