A couple of months ago, Mike traveled to Sonora, where mission work is going on right along the Arizona border. While he was getting ready for worship, he ran into this little guy. The boy was fascinated by Mike’s “pastor gear,” and even tried on his stoll.

When Mike came back and showed me the pictures from his trip, this one really stood one. Besides the fact that I think it’s super cute(!), it is a good reminder of one of the vital aspects of mission work. Mike and the other pastors here are training tomorrow’s leaders.

Will this little one grow up to be a pastor? A lay leader? A strong Christian father? Our goal is to keep him, and others like him, strong in God’s Word. May the Sunday School lessons and worship of today stay with him, and be his guide throughout all the days he spends on this Earth.