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| SEARCHING FOR A CLIMAX
A seven year old girl sat on the second pew of the church sanctuary
listening intently to stories of the African bush. Later that
week, this same girl learned a Swahili song, “Thank you, Thank you
Jesus,” which all the children at VBS sang before snack time that
week.
A fourteen year old girl entered high school, unenthusiastic about
life. Quickly she found a safe harbor in the art classroom under
the encouragement of a wonderful teacher. Over four years, this
teacher taught the girl many lessons which the student would take years
to process, eventually gaining all the worth from those wise words.
At twenty-one, the anxious girl left nursing school due to an
overwhelming burden to “do something more eternally significant.”
Not knowing exactly what that meant for her life, the girl pursued full
time ministry at Bible College.
Now at age twenty-four, I have graduated with a Missions degree and
seek to integrate all of my life-shaping experiences. I believe
God has a plan to use all of my talents, passions and personal history
in a marvelous fashion to expand and mature His kingdom.
LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE
I have greatly enjoyed working at the Center for Global Outreach in Ft.
Myers, FL. As I left Knoxville, I hesitated to confirm any plans
for after July. Over the last three weeks, however, God has
placed an almost palpable peace around me as I have decided to attend
the COAT training program in September. (During the eight weeks
of COAT, I will go through candidate school, become fully affiliated
with New Mission Systems and begin the process of support raising for
future ministry.) I know that to which God has called me – faithful
cross-cultural service – and I believe that pursing a full-time
ministry with NMSI is the next step of obedience. Please pray
that God would continue to direct me each time I need to take another
step.
TEACHING MOMENTS
At Pre-Field Orientation (PFO), God confronted me with many lessons
through numerous teaching vessels. One of NMSI’s core values is
innovation. I greatly admired this about the organization, but
did not fully understand the impact of such a core value on my personal
life and ministry. Phil Hudson, President of NMSI, explained it
to me one day during team building activities. Phil said, “It’s
ok to fail because failure produces innovation.” I have never
before experienced such an environment of grace where everyone looks at
failure as an opportunity. I praise God for second chances and
new ideas.
PRAYER REQUESTS AND PRAISES
- An amazing team and grace-filled environment in which to work
- God’s consistent provision, healing and protection
- The way God chooses to work globally through the local church
- Safety and effectiveness of all the intern teams (GoGlobal, Japan,
Thailand/Myanmar, Germany/Estonia, India, Kenya, Cambodia, Costa
Rica/USA)
- Adjustment to continual transitions in the office
- Finding a church family in Ft. Myers
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| i just spent over 2 hours at walmart for the sole purpose of printing pictures of my preschoolers to give to them tomorrow in "i'll miss you" cards. i waited almost an hour to get on the machine. then i waited an hour for my photos to be developed. or so i thought. i went to pick them up (with the receipt that the machine gave me!) and the computer had never processed my order evidently. so not only did i waste precious time wandering around that blasted store, but i now have no pictures to give my kids. grrrr
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| Friday I finally graduated. I didn't trip on stage. My good friends Barbie and Sondra came down and surprised me. Also, my family was in attendance.
Saturday was filled with packing and cleaning and eating.
Sunday, church day, and then Tiffany and I ran amuck at McKay's and shared photo albums and told stories. So fun.
Monday I went with Tiff and all the kids to Concord park and the cove. It's a beach on a lake that is just beautiful. Then I came back to campus and watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding with Heidi, did surgery on Renee's knee and ate too many doughnut holes.
This morning I had the great pleasure of meeting with Brent Brewer and Matthew and Nancy Sleeth. He is the author of Serve God, Save the Planet. His wife practically offered me a job. So since these issuse were on my brain once again, here is a rather interesting fuel solution that pacific islanders have found - coconuts!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6634221.stm
I'm going back to work. Lunch is over. Enjoy the wonderful weather. Oh, and pictures of everything are on Facebook.
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| Funding cuts at NASA severly limit ability to monitor weather patterns and climate changes - read about it here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6590333.stm
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