Hello Everyone!!!!
I had an incredible time during the training at the sending base in Arizona, and they have encouraged me to enter their long-term missionary application process instead of doing the special assignment ( which is short-term 6-18 months). After an interview with the long-term placement staff, they recognized that my ultimate goal was really to be a long-term missionary, and that it would be more beneficial to begin this process now when considering language learning, ministry and time purposes.
As part of their process I will be attending a missionary Candidate School from May 26- June 6 which is held in Phoenix, AZ . In the meantime, they have asked me to fill an immediate opening in their mobilization department doing administration work. I see this as a great way to serve and to get to know them as an organization. So many details have fallen right into place (including a place to live temporarily in AZ), making it very clear to me that God was opening this door wide for me. I have a lot of peace, even in the midst of moving in a matter of a few weeks. There are many long term opportunities with them, and together we will see how God will continue to lead.
So…what’s coming ahead?
Driving to Phoenix, Arizona - I will be driving with my sister Kristina from Feb. 3- 9
Admin work in the sending office – I will be filling in a needed admin position begin Feb. 11 through at least May, until the long-term application process is complete and I move to the mission field.
Long-term missionary Candidate School - This is a requirement for all missionaries, and will be held from May 26 – June 6
Determining my base assignment - After the school, communication with the base leaders will begin and we will decide which base best fits us all. It is still uncertain when I will actually begin my assignment in Africa, but it seems possible by the summer.
Thank you to all who financially support me!!!!!!
It has meant so much to me during this time of transition that you have all continued to give, it encourages me more than I can say that you still see God’s call on my life for missions even during all these unexpected turns on this path God has chosen. As of now, my support will still be sent to Jericho as before. I will inform you if anything should change. During these next few months, I will be receiving a salary for the administrative position with Frontiers which I am hoping will be enough to live off of, so that I can be saving your support in my missions fund for all the expenses of moving when it comes time for me to go to Africa. May He bless you all a hundredfold for all the ways you have blessed me on this journey!!!!!!!
I have been so encouraged lately with a greater understanding of what it means that "The Lord is my Shepherd”…
“ Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me…the staff is used for guiding sheep…gently into a new path or through some gate or along dangerous, difficult routes. He does not…beat the beast. Rather, the tip of the long slender stick is laid gently against the animals’ side and the pressure applied guides the sheep in the way the owner wants it to go and the sheep is reassured of the proper path”
~ A Shepherd Looks At Psalm 23 by Phillip Keller ~
