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[334.28 --> 334.48] go.
[334.84 --> 335.54] And they go,
[335.62 --> 335.80] right?
[335.84 --> 336.82] And they go into these towns,
[336.82 --> 337.08] and,
[337.52 --> 337.70] you know,
[337.74 --> 339.72] and you just feel the awkwardness of it all.
[340.80 --> 341.02] You know,
[341.06 --> 342.20] it kind of reminded me of,
[343.20 --> 345.24] when we first started Hope Community,
[345.24 --> 346.10] and we had these,
[346.10 --> 348.76] these fishing stories.
[349.20 --> 351.10] I was on a board of leaders,
[351.74 --> 354.16] and then we were supposed to share our fishing stories,
[354.52 --> 357.20] and fishing stories were ones where you talk to somebody
[357.20 --> 358.98] about God's kingdom,
[359.16 --> 359.82] about faith,
[359.90 --> 360.64] about salvation,
[360.64 --> 363.20] and we had monthly meetings,
[363.30 --> 363.56] and so,
[363.74 --> 364.00] okay,
[364.34 --> 364.48] hey,
[364.56 --> 366.30] how did it go this month for you,
[366.42 --> 367.68] with your fishing stories?
[368.60 --> 369.98] And I came out of tradition,
[369.98 --> 371.88] where we didn't do fishing stories,
[371.96 --> 372.22] really,
[373.20 --> 373.80] which is sad.
[374.16 --> 374.62] But anyways,
[374.90 --> 375.26] you know,
[375.32 --> 375.44] so,
[375.82 --> 377.26] and this new person,
[377.26 --> 377.96] who was on the board,
[378.20 --> 379.66] had a million fishing stories,
[379.66 --> 381.02] of people that she was talking to,
[381.08 --> 381.54] and how it was going.
[381.84 --> 383.64] And I couldn't even find my fishing rod.
[384.76 --> 384.92] So,
[385.20 --> 385.88] you know,
[385.92 --> 386.82] I had to learn,
[387.14 --> 388.52] how to do this.
[388.52 --> 389.40] But I appreciate,
[389.50 --> 389.74] you know,
[390.26 --> 392.56] how awkward it must have felt.
[393.20 --> 393.38] So,
[393.44 --> 393.54] okay,
[393.58 --> 394.34] go to this town.
[394.64 --> 394.92] You don't,
[394.98 --> 395.72] you don't know anybody.
[396.74 --> 397.62] And start.
[399.04 --> 400.00] What do you say?
[400.20 --> 400.54] How do you,
[400.66 --> 401.98] how do you step into that?
[402.06 --> 402.64] What's it like?
[402.70 --> 403.52] People come up to you.
[403.90 --> 404.26] And,
[404.26 --> 404.30] and,
[404.30 --> 404.52] and,
[404.56 --> 404.74] you know,
[404.86 --> 405.82] accept the vision.
[406.00 --> 406.54] And he said,
[406.64 --> 407.48] but I'm sending you.
[407.58 --> 407.64] Well,
[407.64 --> 407.92] well,
[407.92 --> 408.74] what's it like?
[409.08 --> 409.24] Well,
[409.30 --> 411.06] you're kind of like lambs,
[411.48 --> 413.16] going to visit wolves.
[417.34 --> 418.50] That's going to be the mission.
[418.52 --> 419.24] T-shirt.
[420.92 --> 421.32] Right?
[422.04 --> 422.38] Yeah,
[422.48 --> 423.12] I'm a lamb.
[423.58 --> 424.42] Going to wolves.
[424.78 --> 424.98] You know,
[425.04 --> 426.60] it doesn't sound particularly inviting,
[426.66 --> 426.92] does it?
[427.04 --> 427.48] And then what?
[427.58 --> 428.34] Carry no purse,
[428.42 --> 428.90] no bag,
[429.22 --> 429.92] extra sandals.
[430.18 --> 430.30] No,
[430.34 --> 430.88] none of that.
[431.22 --> 432.00] Greet no one.
[432.14 --> 433.22] Don't get distracted.
[433.64 --> 434.98] Don't get distracted by anything.
[435.34 --> 436.96] Stay focused on the mission.
[437.06 --> 437.38] The mission.
[437.68 --> 437.96] Jesus.
[439.24 --> 441.16] Not on what you think you need.
[442.52 --> 442.92] And,
[442.92 --> 444.72] our church has done mission trips,
[444.90 --> 447.26] and we prepare really quite well for them.
[447.72 --> 448.06] And I wonder,
[448.14 --> 450.90] what would you think you had to bring if Jesus said,
[450.98 --> 451.10] okay,
[451.16 --> 451.94] you're going to go into these towns.
[452.06 --> 452.30] Okay,
[452.38 --> 452.56] okay.
[452.80 --> 454.04] I've got to get my stuff together.