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𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐗𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐂𝐒*

We’re the Ellis family…all about discovering the goodness of cultures we’ve never known and sharing the Good News of Jesus they’ve never heard.

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 “𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡:

🤙Cross-Cultural Adventures: 𝑒.𝑔., 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑠, 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠, 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑔𝑒𝑒𝑠, 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑.

🤙Counter-Cultural Faith: 𝑒.𝑔., 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ.  

🤙Creative Cultural Challenges: 𝑒.𝑔., 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟,  𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛.

The world's at your door. Go therefore!

*𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 “𝑥𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑐𝑠” 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡 “𝑥𝑒𝑛𝑜-” (𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 “𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛”), 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ “-𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎” (𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 “𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑚”).