https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2023/03/20/2nd-post/ A Global Immersion Site Wed, 12 Apr 2023 17:43:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2023/03/20/2nd-post/#comment-262 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 17:43:30 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1266#comment-262 Jen, I have so appreciated hearing more of your (and Charlie’s) story of courage to follow a call to a new kind of “country” and culture. Your humility as a learner and openness to inevitable pain that immersive love opens your heart speaks loud. I am curious about the questions your pose above, about using what you have for your neighbors and choosing your fight. What does your learning process look like? How would you describe the landscape of choices you are having to trust God to lead you in?

]]> https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2023/03/20/2nd-post/#comment-250 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 03:33:47 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1266#comment-250 Jen, I’m so appreciative of your courage. The fact that you guys followed a call to make such a move is pretty remarkable. Something many couldn’t do. And I love your stance of being a learner. I’m curious to know what have been some of the hardest lesson to learn about/from those you have immersed yourselves with?

]]> https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2023/03/20/2nd-post/#comment-246 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 22:59:39 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1266#comment-246 Jen, thank you for this glimpse into your story. I was struck by your reflection on how years of injustice have beaten the fight out of your neighbors. How has that impacted your fight with and for them?

]]> https://joh.globalimmerse.org/2023/03/20/2nd-post/#comment-243 Tue, 21 Mar 2023 01:37:01 +0000 https://joh.globalimmerse.org/?p=1266#comment-243 I truly appreciate your approach to be firsr learner rather than a changer –
that you sought to understand and know and trust the culture, rather than center yourself and your own cultural experiences as you’ve noticed that some others moving into the neighborhood doing. I identify with the struggle to know how to move forward, and which fights to take on. I want to know more about the balance of your work- I know a lot of it is personally engaging, are there also areas where you’re engaging systems and government?

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