“Wherever you are, be all there.” Jim Elliot
I always enjoyed visits from Dana. We’d sit in a crowded coffee shop and catch up. He’d look at me and his eyes never wavered no matter who walked past, what noise caused everyone else to look up, or how often I paused. I had his undivided attention. I felt special, appreciated, valued. Dana was a busy guy; a missionary on furlough. He’d come home for a few weeks a year, and had to fit in visits with friends while he managed a full schedule of meetings with churches, support teams, his missions’ organization, and speaking engagements. Yet when we talked, you’d think he had nothing else on his mind. And he didn’t.
Note: Jim Elliot (1927-1956), an American missionary participating in Operation Auca, an outreach to the Huaorani people of Ecuador; Elliot and his colleagues Ed McCully, Roger Youderian, Pete Fleming, and Nate Saint, were killed during a face-to-face visit. Elliot’s wife, Elizabeth, (and their one-year-old daughter Valerie) continued in Ecuador working on a team that was successful reaching out to the tribe in the years following her husband’s death.
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Joyce
1/15/2018 10:58:11 am
For my, it's not always multi tasking, sometimes I need a little activity to keep my focus, like knitting or washing dishes. Oh, the joys of ADHD :)
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