Notice the SOLD sign . . . The house is sold! We closed yesterday, the check is in the bank (temporarily), and student loans will be completely paid off (with the profit from the house) within the next week.
God is good . . . and He has been reminding me of this alot lately!
The Lord has started me on a journey, and with the beginning of this blog, I invite you to join me! In summer of 2010, I will be traveling to Yaounde, Cameroon where I have been given the tremendous opportunity to be a part of the lives of missionary children while teaching at Rain Forest International School. I am sure this journey began long ago in ways I cannot see, but let me begin with last fall when God began to work in my heart regarding ministering to missionary children.
During our annual missions conference in fall of 2008, Lance and Debi Rundus (and their 5 kids) visited my church. In the midst of visiting with Lance, he mentioned the great need for teachers overseas. Now, I have always understood that families who choose to serve the Lord in a cross -cultural setting face many challenges, but I had never stopped to consider that many of these families reach a point where they feel torn between obligations to their mission work and the desire to meet the academic needs of their children. The shortage of teachers further complicates issue to such a degree that qualified missionaries who have successfully assimilated into the cultures they have been called to serve are choosing to LEAVE the mission field. Hmmmmm…
Having recently completed a graduate program, I and been asking God what the next step would be and wondering if some changes were in store. That discussion planted a seed that has grown over the past year as God has worked on my heart. After much prayer and consideration, I have been appointed for a two year term to serve as a missionary to Cameroon, teachign at Rain Forest International School.