On Friday night my teammate Gregory hosted a black tie dinner to tell his friends about what our team will be doing in Australia. Somehow Matt and I missed the memo that we were supposed to dress up, so two of Gregory's teammates were the worst dressed in the place! Thankfully Gregory is a forgiving guy! I yet again got to see a different side of Gregory Friday night, he wore a suit! 
Most of us thought that was a big deal in and of itself. The whole night was really great, some of our friends served us salad, pasta and bread. After some good conversation with people, we all moved from our tables to another room where Gregory had each of us on the team tell about how we got on this journey to do missions in Australia. I always love telling my story, because it's really God's story. It's cool to be able to step back while you're talking about your life and say "Yeah, God was working there, there, and there". After each of us spoke, our mentor Gary talked a little about the Halbert Institute of Missions that we're doing our training through. It was encouraging to be surrounded by so many people who are excited about what we'll be doing.
Perhaps the coolest part of the evening was the fact that Gregory's dad, mom, and sister came in from the San Antonio area to attend the dinner. We've only met them once before, and the conditions then did not present us with much opportunity to talk and get to know one another. This time though, I got to chat with each of them which was wonderful. It's important to get to know the family of the people we'll be moving to Australia with, because I think they'll feel a little more at ease letting their kids go when they know who they'll be surrounded by!
Most of us thought that was a big deal in and of itself. The whole night was really great, some of our friends served us salad, pasta and bread. After some good conversation with people, we all moved from our tables to another room where Gregory had each of us on the team tell about how we got on this journey to do missions in Australia. I always love telling my story, because it's really God's story. It's cool to be able to step back while you're talking about your life and say "Yeah, God was working there, there, and there". After each of us spoke, our mentor Gary talked a little about the Halbert Institute of Missions that we're doing our training through. It was encouraging to be surrounded by so many people who are excited about what we'll be doing.
Perhaps the coolest part of the evening was the fact that Gregory's dad, mom, and sister came in from the San Antonio area to attend the dinner. We've only met them once before, and the conditions then did not present us with much opportunity to talk and get to know one another. This time though, I got to chat with each of them which was wonderful. It's important to get to know the family of the people we'll be moving to Australia with, because I think they'll feel a little more at ease letting their kids go when they know who they'll be surrounded by!
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