In less than a month I'll be done with
this semester at school. I'm coming home to the west coast for my
Christmas break. As I have less than a year left here I've been
thinking a lot about upcoming plans. I hope to be going to New Tribes
Missions Training Center (MTC) in Missouri next. MTC is a 2½ year
training program for missionaries headed to be a part of a church
planting team. The training focuses on church planting, Christian
living, along with culture and language acquisition. From there I
will then decide on the place to go and start raising support to go.
Thinking of all the things that could stop me from going to the
missions field or even just everything that will need to come
together to finally get there can be overwhelming. This then leads my
mind to the difficulties of missions on the field in a different
culture. I know people way more qualified. What would make me have
the courage to go? It's not my abilities that give me
courage, it's the one who is with me. Matthew 28:18-20
“Then Jesus came up and said to them, 'All authority in heaven and
on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the
Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.'”
I can walk
forward in faith not because of who I am but because of who is with
me. This week as I've had the future on my mind one of the most
encouraging verses for me has been 2Corinthians 12:9 “But
he said to me, 'My grace is enough for you, for my power is made
perfect in weakness.' So then, I will boast most gladly about my
weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.”
Josephine
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| We got our first snow of the season today. |
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| One of my new friends :) |
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