I learned that because the mission trip that my dad and brother were going to be on getting cancelled, my parents can come to PVT. If I had not obeyed God by inviting my parents in January/February and pursuing them coming, this would not have been an option for my family.
I had been told by my parents at the very beginning of the Race that they were not coming, that they didn’t expect me to even invite them.
But I wanted to see them and my Dad has been having a rough time of it and God showed me that PVT could be helpful to my dad so I heavily debated inviting them. My team, TLC, swayed my decision in the direction I was already leaning towards, inviting my parents. So I did.
My parents were sweet to keep the option open even as they said they couldn’t come. Dad had a mission trip the exact week as PVT, so it appeared that not coming was God’s plan but that trip was cancelled so God’s plan has allowed them to come!
I had also learned in South East Asia that the sign ups for PVT were extended. I really wanted my parents to come so I told them that the sign ups were extended, that coming was still an option.
If I hadn’t kept at it, if I hadn’t obeyed God in pursuing my parents coming to PVT they would not have been able to come. Saying yes I’ll invite my parents once in Nepal might have looked like obedience, but obedience is more than saying yes once it’s say yes in perpetuity.
An example is the difference between doing the dishes one night because you were asked, and agreeing to a responsibility to follow the dish washing schedule or do the dishes every night.
One yes is different than accepting a responsibility to be obedient in something until that responsibility is fulfilled or changed.
(This is different than picking up an unhealthy responsibility or taking up responsibility for something/someone that is not your responsibility)
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