First United Methodist Church Carrollton

A group of us from throughout the church have found a great way to respond to our study of Radical. We have signed up to join in with the refugee ministry that is currently going on in Lewisville to the Chin people from Burma. This is a commitment that falls within the last two areas of David Platt's challenge mostly - to sacrifice our money for a specific purpose (monetary giving is not required for refugee ministry, but we have committed to a willingness as needs are made evident), and to give our time in another context. 

The Chin people come here with one suitcase, no English, no experience with money or paperwork or so many other parts of daily life in America, and they get only a tiny bit of government assistance for a very limited amount of time. Often this ministry will include stretching us in a lot of ways (like the language barrier!). But is a perfect way to do "glocal" missions (local, ongoing missions that have the potential to impact the Kingdom on a global scale) and we see it as a fulfillment of the biblical mandate to care for the poor and the aliens in our own land.