Holiday
Greetings from Gainesville!

The last several months have been a bit of a
whirlwind.  Things have been “a
buzz� around the office since this spring (April/May) when we entered our busy
season here at Adventures in Missions. 
The spring, summer and fall have been filled with preparing, training
and mobilizing over 500 young adults with our World Race and Real Life
programs.  During the course of the
last 8 months, we hosted five training camps, launched groups to nations around
the world, and five groups will launch in the first two weeks of January 2011.

In addition to helping with preparations for and the execution of
training camps, I took on a new position within the World Race department.  In September, I became a team
leader for the support coaches in our admissions department. Part of my
responsibility now includes  continued development of the support raising program for World Race and
Real Life participants.  I recently
spent some time giving this process a bit of a make over. The hope in revamping our
approach to raising support is to better steward our participants by setting them up for success as
they raise the necessary funds for their 11 month journey on the World Race.

As a member of the Support Coaching team, I have taken on the role as a support coach
for three squads of World Racers. 
As a coach, I relay information to participants about upcoming
deadlines, coach them through various steps in raising support, pray with them
and cheer them on until they reach the goal to fully fund their Race. 

Support
coaching is my favorite part of what I do.  It is amazing to watch the Lord work and move in the lives
of the racers.  Participants
quickly see that their World Race journey begins well before they set foot in
another country.  They learn a
great deal about sharing their God given passion with others and inviting their
community to be a part of what the Lord is doing through them while they are on
the World Race.  Although many are
initially challenged by the idea of raising support, they frequently flood my
e-mail with stories of personal growth, breakthrough, and revelation of the
Lord’s provision.  It is apparent
to me that coaching these young men and women to successfully raise support is
an essential step in empowering them to share the love of Christ around the
World.

I
am honored to be a vessel for the Lord in the lives of so many, and I truly
enjoy watching Him use each part of the World Race journey to draw His children
into deeper relationship with Him and bring glory to His name!

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