I’m not moving to India…
…just to live in a foreign country.
…just to be in cross-cultural missions.
…just because I love the country and its people.
…just to work with women and children in the red-light districts because my heart breaks for those caught in modern day slavery.
I am moving to India…
…because the Lord has called me to go. He has entrusted me with a specific vision and has confirmed that calling over the past couple of months.
So it’s time for me to share some big news. I am not moving to India with Adventures In Missions. I firmly believe in the mission of Adventures In Missions and I believe strongly in what they are doing as an organization; they are mobilizing a generation to reach the nations and to discover what it means to bring the Kingdom of God into some of the darkest corners of the world. My life has been changed as a result of my involvement with Adventures In Missions, and I am excited to see how A.I.M. will continue to impact the lives of young people in the future.
Adventures In Missions has been going through some major transitions lately, and as my team was in discussions with leadership over the past few months, it has become increasingly apparent that the direction that the organization is moving into is just a very different direction from the calling and vision that the Lord has placed on our heart as a team. After much, much prayer and many conversations, we have made the decision to discontinue our partnership with Adventures In Missions.
However, the exciting news is I am still moving to India! I don’t have the particulars nailed down, but my team is talking through and praying through some options and we are in conversations with some promising contacts. I am still moving forward, and my team is still moving toward India. We don’t know yet what it will look like, but I will be updating as the pieces fall into place and become more clear.
Thank you so much for your prayers, encouragement, and support over the past several months. I can’t express how much it means to me to have you as a part of this journey with me. The phrase “life isn’t about the destination, it’s about the journey” has been spoken to me several times over the past few months, and I am seeing this truth more and more clearly every day. I wish I had all of the answers and could map out the next few weeks and months, but the Lord is showing me what it means to literally walk this journey one day at a time, and my prayer is that you will continue to walk that journey with me.
I know that many of you have questions about what this transition will mean financially. As I seek the next step, Adventures In Missions has been very understanding and my support account is still open. You can continue sending your financial gifts through A.I.M., and once I have a new direction I will be communicating with A.I.M. in order to be able to use my support in that new direction. I want to be open and honest with all of you about all of these decisions over the next few weeks and months, so if you have any particular questions or concerns, or if you would like to talk more in depth, please feel free to e-mail me or call me, and I would love to talk to you. I will be continuing to blog, but I will be transitioning my blogging from this page to my wordpress blog. If you haven’t subscribed to that blog yet, please do so here so that you will continue to receive all of my updates.
Once again, THANK YOU for all of your encouragement and support. I need your prayers and your support now more than ever, and I am so thankful to have you on this journey with me.
I am moving to India…
…to share the hope and healing of Christ with the broken and forgotten in India’s red light districts, because the Lord has called me to go and I am excited to see where each step on this journey will lead me!
