My apprenticeship with Adventures In Missions ends February
9, 2011 and I keep getting the question, “what’s next”. Well…here it is.
February 9th will be the last day of work for me
here at AIM (yes, supporters, you can all breathe a huge sigh of relief!). I am going to be staying in Gainesville
to live in this community around these amazing people, but I will no longer be
working for AIM.
My hope and my dream is to start doing more work with
glass. In college my minor was Art
with an emphasis in stained glass.
During the end of my time at college I started working a lot with the
kiln and really enjoyed it.
Working with glass has been a secret dream of mine for a while now and I
figure now is the best time to go after that dream!
My time with AIM has been amazing! I will ALWAYS be an
advocate of The World Race and Real Life.
They are programs that have changed my life and I thank God everyday for
the people I have met and the things I have experienced because of this wonderful
organization! I have been changed
because it exists. So, to Seth
Barnes (the founder of AIM), to Michael and Kathy Hindes (the directors of the
Race and Real Life), to Allison Johnston, Kelly Chadwick and my boss, Jimmy
McCarty, to all of my amazing co-workers, and all the people I have had the
privilege of meeting…THANK YOU.
You have blessed my life in ways neither you nor I can fully understand.
To every single person who has supported me…YOU have changed
my life! Your encouragement and
your unfailing support have meant everything to me! I could not have done the Race, led a Real Life trip or
started working here in Recruiting without you. Each and every one of you means so much to me. Thank you for loving on kids in other
countries. Thank you for holding
babies who have been abandoned.
Thank you for letting woman know they are important and loved. Thank you for showing God’s love all around
the world. Each and every one of
my stories is your story. THANK
YOU.
This is not a complete goodbye…I’ll be around the office
until February, I just wanted to make sure I didn’t forget to tell you all how
much you have meant to me. My
heart is so full of joy and I wish you could feel the gratitude that I am
feeling right now. I wish I could
send it in a box to each and every one of you, but I can’t do that. What I have is this blog and I hope I
can adequately express in words just how thankful I am!
With that said, I need to raise $3,005 by February 9th! I know it is a lot of money in a short
amount of time, but I also know that my God can provide! Please consider partnering with me in
my last few months here financially.
I know many of you cannot give financially and I understand that. If you could just send up a prayer
today to place this organization and myself on peoples hearts that would be
wonderful!
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
