When we graduate from college, many of us have our minds set as to what career we want, where we want to live, and how we want our life to unfold. I’ll be honest, when I graduated, all I really wanted to be was a mother. I’m so thankful to have a mother who was able to be home for us when we came home from school each day. That’s who I wanted to be. It’s funny that no matter how hard you try for some things, God has a way of taking you down a completely different road - if you listen to Him. I don’t want to rehash the last 5 years right now but you can hear our whole story at www.cfellowshipc.org - click sermon archives --> Answer the Call --> The Call).
Our experiences have taught me (and continue to teach me) so much about myself, my marriage, and God’s unending love, grace, and mercy. If you would have told me on my graduation day that by the age of 34 I would have been to Ghana, India, Sri Lanka, and Nicaragua to help and minister to some of the world’s poorest human beings, I would have thought you were nuts. At that time in my life, I couldn’t see outside what I wanted, what I had planned, and what I desired. But through some crazy life storms, God has showed me what HE wants for my life, what HE has planned, and what HE desires for me.
So here I am. This Monday we leave for Granada, Nicaragua to start language school for the summer. In September, we will head to Puerto Cabezas to work with Pastor Earl Bowie and Verbo. I will be creating and teaching an after school English program for the kids living in the orphanage. I will also be overseeing the adult literacy and life skills program we have adapted from India to use in the surrounding communities and eventually up the Rio Coco. At the same time, I have been contracted out by ORPHANetwork to start the same adult literacy program on the west coast from the ground up and to start an English program in the feeding centers. Finally, I have also been tasked with educating school teachers on teaching strategies, assessment, and so on as there is no formal training for teachers. There’s a lot on my plate but I am so excited to start this new adventurous chapter in my life.
The picture above is of one of my dearest friends, Jen, on graduation day at Virginia Tech (Go Hokies!). I had the pleasure of traveling to Nicaragua with her in 2010. We are currently praying for the possibility of her coming to Nicaragua in January for six months and using her skills and gifts to work alongside Dustin on the business development component of the P.E.A.C.E plan and helping me teach English. Pray that God reveals his plans to her and that she answers the call.
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