We are back in Denmark and so looking forward to soon launching into Greenland!

Recently, on our vision trip, we walked within the university library in Nuuk, Greenland. As we trusted the Lord to connect us with someone He had purposed for us, we found young Lou, an international exchange student, seated alone in a corner. After a short conversation, he and Joe exchanged contact information.

Arriving at the hotel that night, we saw that Lou had invited us for dinner the next evening. At his apartment were other international exchange students. After getting to know one another over a plant-based meal deliciously assembled by Lou and his friends, they discovered our love for music and asked us to sing. Lou did not know the song, but with joy, he pulled out his guitar and played alongside us as we sang. Indeed, there are no strangers! Just friends we had not met until now.

International exchange students must leave their homes and travel abroad. While in their host country, they are expected to perform to the best of their academic abilities, learn the culture and make friends. Interacting with these students was a deep object lesson for us. As career missionaries in Greenland, we will learn about the culture, and God will, no doubt, lead us to students in search of His heart.

Ultimately, we want to go home (John 14) but do not want to go alone. To prepare us for home, we will study the Word — the best curricula ever — and invite even more students to join us, whom God will providentially place along our paths. It will be delightful to interact with them. Pray with us as we pull out the music of His presence written in our hearts, that those who interact with us will take note of Jesus and His love.

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