Our Teammates in France: Part I

Something we would like to do periodically is introduce you to our teammates who are on the ground in France. It truly is an amazing group of people committed to both being and spreading God's light to the French. There are team members from the U.S., Germany, Switzerland, Guadeloupe, Australia and France. Several of them, who started the work in France 30 years ago, are still on the ground working and passing not only the baton, but years of wisdom, on to younger teammates. It is a great honor for us to become a part of this dynamic, multi-generational and international team.

This is an informal (and inadequate) introduction to the Shorb family. Nate and Erica (and their two awesome sons Kaden and Luca) are a few steps ahead of Ryan and I in this journey and they have been a great source of encouragement to us. We got to know them a bit before they landed in France in January 2011, and we feel privileged to be able to ask them questions and to follow them as they adapt to French language, culture and ministry. They have had an eventful first year in France, especially recently with the birth of their son Luca. Hopefully soon we will tell you more about the Shorb's story (with their permission of course), but for now I wanted to explain just a bit about the France team generally and the Shorb's specifically.

Check out the Shorb's blog and their most recent post about Why we participate in missions anyway. Check it out here and be blessed this week.