1.0Serve Globally Bloghttp://blogs.covchurch.org/servegloballyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KTlYC5hCHc"><a href="http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2014/11/20/50-years-later-remembering-paul-carlson/">50 Years Later: Remembering Paul Carlson</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2014/11/20/50-years-later-remembering-paul-carlson/embed/#?secret=KTlYC5hCHc" width="600" height="338" title="“50 Years Later: Remembering Paul Carlson” — Serve Globally Blog" data-secret="KTlYC5hCHc" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> On the flight, people were talking about Paul Carlson. He returned to Wasolo Hospital because people needed him. People at Wasolo tried to help him leave by back paths and a canoe, but he didn’t go. When rebels came, it was no longer his choice. People remembered his sacrifice. I sat there uncomfortable. That was then. Today, we evacuate missionaries when things get that tense. It’s not an individual choice. We talk ahead of time, lay out a contingency plan, and are expected to agree if we want to keep working in Congo. Our culture has changed. Sacrifice like that comes when we do our best planning and still the danger comes. Paul Carlson died. Others survived the rescue. Random or planned, that’s too hard to debate.  It happened. Not as a model for how to do mission. It just happened. It was so hard for his family, his children. And hard for Wasolo people who had wanted him to live and work with them. Hard for colleagues. His death changed us and how we did mission, what was acceptable risk, when to stay and when to leave. But it is still hard. Difficult to leave when others cannot go. […]http://blogs.covchurch.org/worldmission/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2014/11/Monganga-Polo-300x201.jpg