Elevator Conversations

"We moved here because in our country, people hate us because of our skin color. They are racist. They do not like us because we are dark, like you", The woman explained in broken English. As the elevator reached the ground floor, she looked at Varun and noted, "You are from India, right? Today is Shah Rukh Khan's* birthday. Have a nice day!"

This conversation is just one of many we've had in the past two weeks as we've been intentionally chatting with our neighbors in the long elevator ride down from the 18th floor. We hope to meet this family, who is of the Roma people of the Czech Republic, soon.

As I mentioned back in August, God has been challenging us in many ways. One decision that we've made is to move into a downtown neighborhood that has many immigrants, refugees and a lot of poverty. Our desire is to love our neighbors in word and deed, and to share our hope in Jesus with them.

I'm sure that as we struggle with this and attempt to follow God, we will need lots of prayer and have many stories to share!

*Shah Rukh Khan is one of our favorite Indian, bollywood actors!