Seeing it for what it is

You may be noticing a theme here... ;). It's borne of doing missionary promotion at churches not my own and with people unfamiliar to me. So here's another thing I've been learning: you need to be grateful whenever people show affection and ownership towards you and your ministry. If they don't do it how you would like it, so what - their intentions are beautiful. You need to forget the exterior and look to the heart.