Michele: I have mentioned this before, but I have never wanted to be a missionary. My dream was to be an Archaeologist. I wanted to travel the world, doing my own thing, having fun, studying different cultures and peoples my way. I enjoyed most missionary stories I heard in church or in school, but I always thought “Wow, I could never do that, nor do I ever want to!” I really must get out of the habit of arguing with God! He told me what college He wanted me to go to, and I told Him no way! Well, I went and I must say the only good thing that came of it was my husband. And he is the missionary. I must say, his parents were slighly concerned that his marrying me would ‘take him away’ from being a missionary. That is so funny! The way I look at it is–God brought us together, had us get married, God knew Ben was to be a missionary, and God knew I wanted to serve Him. Therefore, I had no problem! So God called me to the mission field through my husband, although He had been working on me for quite some time before I met my husband. OH! And how God called us to this trip! When we got married, we wanted to take a year for ourselves to get to know each other better. We made no extensive commitments, and just enjoyed being married. 🙂 We didn’t really keep track of the time; but about a year after we got married, we started praying for God to show us exactly what to do. And He answered with this mission trip!
