Tonight we had Bryan & Tara Riley and their three kids over for dinner. Growing up, Tara and I were in Youth Group at UBC together. She was three years older, so I didn't know her well. She actually knew Richard better. At any rate, she shared at Bible Study last week and I wanted to invite them over so Scott could hear their story.
This family is crazy. Crazy in a gutsy, thrilling, adventurous, rebel against the norm, livin' the dream kind of way. Bryan was a very successful attorney for Tyson Foods. Notice the word "was". Fifteen months ago he spontaneously quit his job one day (after months of feeling empty and unsatisfied in it) and realized that his pursuit of financial success and recognition had been over-rated. It was a lie and he was done. Ten days later they were in Hawaii training for the mission field! They've spent the past 15 months traveling the world with YWAM. Much of that time the five of them lived in ONE ROOM...quite a change from the 4,000 sq foot house they had been living in!
It was so inspiring to hear Tara share of the joy that came from trading in the counterfit riches of our American culture for the rich life they have experienced while discovering God in new ways and serving people in England and the Phillipines. (Isaiah 55:1-3, 8-12) Check out Bryan's blog at http://charisshalom.fjministries.com/
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