Dear friends and family,
I am writing to share with you an exciting time in my life. As we become one in marriage, Cathy and I have talked in great detail about what we want to do. We both know that serving God is very important to us, and, combined with our love for travel, we’ve decided that a missions trip is the way to go.
After taking the time to pray to God about what He wants us to do, we came across Adventures in Missions and the World Race within 24 hours. We looked at each other in awe that God had led us to this perfect opportunity! The program offers a time of missionary and personal training before sending us out into the world for 11 months. Once out in the field, we’ll have the opportunity to build, evangelize, teach, and show the love of Christ to the world. It’s also a rare opportunity to remove ourselves from our comfort zones and grow in Christ. We’ve already been accepted into the program and we’re set to leave in early January 2009.
I am personally most excited about becoming ever closer to Christ as I learn more about Him and about myself on this trip. I also have the chance to build up a strong relationship between God, myself, and Cathy without the world pulling us down. It will be a challenge, but that’s the best part – the reward will be immeasurable. I can’t wait to break free of the common and leap into the unknown! Not only all that, but I also get the chance to love and evangelize a number of the people of this earth – whether they know yet that Jesus loves them or not!
