At the end of January, I interviewed with a couple of the US staff with Word Made Flesh. (Visit their website to get to know this great ministry among the urban poor.) The interview went well and just last week I was accepted to the organization! It's so exciting to finally be starting the journey to making a long-term commitment to ministry in Bolivia. It's been a long journey up to this point, but it's so cool to look back over the last 10 years and marvel at the ways God has changed my heart, opened doors, and been so faithful. Before my first trip to Bolivia in 2003, I never would have imagined moving across the globe to be a missionary, but now it seems like the clearest calling on my life. Praise God!
Over the next few weeks I will be working on finalizing a budget and getting administrative logistics set up with Word Made Flesh here in the US. Once I have these things in order, I will be in touch again with a few ways that you can specifically partner with me in ministry. If all goes smoothly, I hope to be heading to Bolivia in September of this year!
As I personally prepare for this new commitment in Bolivia, I am praying for a deeper awareness of my identity as a child of God. It's amazing to understand God's heart for all nations and humbling to know that he invites us to join with him in his ministry of reconciliation. With hope and anticipation, I look forward to the day when God will be glorified by all nations in the New Heaven and the New Earth and when "the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more" (Isaiah 65:19b).
Thank you again for your friendship and partnership! I would love to hear what's going on in your life!
