For the last several months I've been contemplating sending out an update. Christmas seems like the opportune time to send out a letter except that the holidays come whizzing by only for me to realize that the season has already come and gone. Metaphorically standing at home plate, anticipating the ball, I see the pitcher wind up and suddenly--strike, I missed it. I had also considered making Christmas cards and sending them out, but that didn't exactly get past the drawing board in my mind. So the ever-effective email it is.
Today I arrived home after spending the week with Teach Overseas at the Urbana missions conference. I went with the same organization I had taught for in Turkey in order to recruit new teachers to join our program. As I continue my involvement with Teach Overseas I'm trying to be prayerful about how God might have us work together in the future. My aim is to be proactive in preparing for whatever and wherever it is I'm called by being faithful with what I believe God is asking of me now.
My current involvement with ROCKHARBOR is rewarding and fulfilling. I'm so grateful to our church and the entire community that it took to pull off nine Christmas services that weekend. With the opportunity to act in the theatrical piece at each of those services, I saw dozens of people using their talents to celebrate the immense wonder of Christmas. Just the other day while at Urbana a girl came up to me and said she was from ROCKHARBOR. She brought a friend to the Christmas Eve service and the friend joined the eternal kingdom submitting her life to the Lord that night.
As I look ahead into 2013 I trust God will continue to provide for all I need wherever he wants me to be. My hope was to have started seminary for a Masters in Theology and Cross Cultural Ministry by next week, but I am still putting together my finances and will need to seek scholarships before I'm fully ready. In the mean time, I bought a stack of books at the conference that I intend to tackle, I'll continue meeting with a newly formed life-group, and wait for guidance on what's next.
