Dear Family and Friends,
I have been back from my internship in Baton Rouge now for about 18 months and I have been searching for an opportunity to serve overseas in a mission project. Through my reading and praying, that God would show me a greater opportunity to serve Him, He has now done just that! He has blessed me with a good job and opened the door for me to participate in this new journey called The World Race.
The World Race is sponsored by a Christian interdenominational organization called Adventures in Missions. This organization was founded by Seth Barnes, and focuses on discipleship. They emphasize prayer and relationships in our work among the poor. They were established in 1989, and have taken over 100,000 people into the mission field. In several places around the world they minister year-round to "the least of these". The World Race is an eleven countries in eleven months mission journey. Within each month and each country, we work with orphans, sex trafficking women and children, and plant churches. Also we will spread the Good News of Jesus Christ to all that will listen.
My squad leaves in July 2013 for Central America for the first 3 months. Our ministry starts in Honduras to Nicaragua, then to Costa Rica. In October 2013 we cross the Pacific Ocean to the Philippines, Thailand and spend Christmas in Cambodia. January we travel to India and to the top of the world, Nepal in February. Do you think it will be cold?? For the last three months, off to Africa; Kenya to Uganda then the end of my journey, in Rwanda. Each country and mission field will have its own specific set of needs and I am excited to be a part of meeting the needs of the people of the world. This has been my dream for several years now and God has made it happen for me. He will do the same for anyone who yields them self to His direction because God always has something greater for each one of you. All you have to do is follow after the call.
As you may guess, I have to fund this journey on my own and I am asking for your help. My blog, http://Jonathanjohnson.theworldrace.org// , contains all the information need to help me out. The left tab, Support Me!, will direct to you the different ways that you can contribute. I will need to raise $15,500 just for The World Race itself, not including the supplies and equipment that I will need for the year long journey. In addition to the online aspect, I will be mailing contribution cards along with this letter and would appreciate to hear back from you as soon as possible. A monthly contribution schedule is mostly desired so that the payments can be stretched out for 12 months (Jan to Dec 2013).
In closing, please feel free to send an email or give me a call, I would love to share my heart with you and answer any questions that you might have concerning my journey.
God Bless,
Jonathan Johnson
ph 256.683.4686
email: [email protected]
blog: http://Jonathanjohnson.theworldrace.org//
