I tried a little bit harder this time on the title. The story behind it: tonight at dinner, while I was trying to convince my team that we need a theme song, a member of my team said, "Luke, we're missionaries, not superheros." Or are we… First off, the comments that were left on my last blog are all very much appreciated! Everyone who commented, you guys are awesome! I wish I could give a shout out to each and every one of you.
Well, allow me to be frank. I could be like every other person who goes on a mission trip, anyone who witnesses extreme poverty, and say that my whole outlook on things has changed. I could say that I now have a whole new perspective on life and I have been profoundly changed. Part of this is true. Witnessing what I have in the past 4 weeks has shattered a comfortable world view. I do look at everyone and everything back home with a new sense of appreciation. But I am still the Luke that you all know. My outlook on life has not changed, nor much else for that matter. I have always known that I have been blessed beyond imagination by God, but I am now even more thankful for everyone and everything in my life.
Here there are people who are hopeless. I can feel bad for them until I'm blue in the face but the compassion that causes me to actually do something about it is what I am asking God for. The founder of World Vision, Bob Pierce, always prayed: "God, break my heart for what breaks Yours." That has been my prayer as well. If there is anything that God is doing in my life now, it is answering that prayer. I'm not some really amazing person who is here because I am just that nice or that I want to be like Mother Teresa. Like I said before, I am here because God brought me here and it's God who is moving me. It's not Luke being a humanitarian, it's God answering my prayer, slowly but surely breaking my heart for what breaks His. At best, I am an amateur missionary with training wheels. I am no superhero, but just like throughout the entire Bible, God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
I wish I could sit here and type in my blog that I have saved lives, rescued people, found the lost, and beat up bad guys, but that's just not what God is doing right now (sorry to let down those who thought I was actually doing those things). I pray that those things will happen, but that's not right now. But for those who are wondering what I am up to…
We've been
Keeping that smile 
Staying adorable
Reading the "Good Book" 
Paint Fight
T-Bombing (Texting) 
Rockin' those mullets and eatin'
that raaaass (rice)
