Completing my first week of ministry
here at Adventures in Missions has given me a taste of what I’ll be
doing in the months to come and developed a hunger in my heart for
more. I am spending most of my time in the Field Support department,
connecting with young missionaries around the globe. Most of my work
will be centered around the Passport and Ambassador programs.
Passport is AIM’s mission program for college-age students. Trips
range from one to nine months and teams generally consist of 8-10
participants and a team leader. The Ambassador program offers 1-4
week summer mission trip opportunities to high school students.
Already, I have been able to connect with college-aged missionaries
we have on the ground all over the world… Thailand, Kenya,
Nicaragua, and Uganda to name a few. Weekly conversations with our
Passport team leaders is one of the many things we do as Field
Support. We listen, pray with them, challenge and encourage them,
offer wisdom and guidance, as well as advocate for them in anything
the teams need on the field (help with logistics, etc.)
Another aspect of my role will be to
recruit, interview, and process new leaders for upcoming Passport
mission trips.
Having been on the World Race I know
what a mission trip did to transform my heart and foster a
passion in me to surrender everything to the Lord in order to bring
the Kingdom to earth…and I’m simply overjoyed to get to be a part
of encouraging and recruiting young people to take a similar step of
faith and be the hands and feet of Jesus to his beloved in every
corner of the planet. I believe this generation is fully equipped to
awaken the eternity stirring within the hearts of all men, and have
begun rising to claim the victory Jesus won on the cross. The world
eagerly awaits for the Sons and Daughters to be revealed and I trust
and believe this will be the generation to do it…. to remove the
veil and let the glory of the Lord shine through their lives.
That is the point of it all…to
glorify God and to bring His kingdom to earth. It is why these young
people abandon their loved ones and comfortable lives to be Love to
the orphans, widows, homeless, and broken who have not yet received
it. It is why I have moved to Gainesville. It is why we as
Christians gather each week to sing praises and learn from the
Word…why we organize outreach activities and serve in soup
kitchens…why we give when the world says to take… and why we seek
to restore what the world aims to destroy.
Today, ‘May the God of hope fill you
with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow
with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit‘ (Rom. 15:13) and thus
‘shine among them like stars in the sky‘ (Phil 2:15).
