The last day...

Seems hard to believe that yesterday was our last full day here at the Perkins Foundation. It is has been an incredible full week filled with study, reflection, and work. We, for the most part, finished the projects that we were given. The interior of the house on Alta Vista has been repainted and the fixtures installed. Dave Stock made that his personal mission and it is exquisite.

We ended the evening and our time with a period of reflection on the impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Dr. Perkins, Lowell Nobel, and some of the board members from the Foundation. In one of the reflections, Perkins said that he remembered being in a pickup truck hauling some supplies with a ministry leader of his, Herbert Jones, when King came on the radio of the truck. The moment he spoke, “I have a dream…” they not only immediately pulled over, but they knew that it was the most important speech that King would give. He said that in that moment King spoke to the deep longing for a different life held by most African-Americans.

At the end of our time together Mycah Bain poised the question that always propels, haunts, and motivates me following experiences like this, “what should we do when we get home?”
Mycah and others, my answer is the same as another Micah, go and “do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with your [our] God.” Don’t be paralyzed simply because no one is doing anything but always ask the question, “what am I called to do?” and go do it.

On the Journey (home)
Mike