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Mary and
I have had a heart for missions work for over 20 years. We have been
involved with a number of mission related adventures which have taken
us to Haiti, Guatemala, Peru, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Czech Republic,
Taiwan, Paraguay, Serbia and Poland. Mary also worked for a mission
ministry here in Florida for several years. We have both been involved
in co-ordination of short term missions trips, helping raise support,
intercessory prayer, personal involvement in local mission activity
and more. We
have talked about becoming more involved in the mission field, though
never hearing a call, we have oft times heard the whisper.
So there we were in middle-class America, with three adult daughters,
two sons-in-law, two beautiful grand daughters, and one more on the
way. Add to that, two good jobs, two cars, a successful photography
business, equity in our home, 401K's and retirements accounts, and fast
approaching 50. The time most of our peers are looking to say "Now
it's our turn...now we can cruise, vacation, golf, and regain control
of our time”. We should be signing up for AARP and looking for
restaurants with early-bird over-50s dinner specials...maybe even buy
a convertible in Mid-life Crisis Red. This is the time we should be
reaping the rewards of the last 30 years or so of education, child rearing,
careers, career changes, and the like. But we're not. We believe the
whisper has gotten louder. The call has come.
In the midst of this American Dream comfort zone enters God...in the
midst of the idyllic scene described above He is sitting at a small
office desk in our front yard speaking into a microphone saying...."And
now for something completely different...."
God had dropped a bombshell into the middle of our lives. When the dust settles and the smoke clears, we see ourselves selling the house, leaving the jobs, saying goodbye to our families, and spending at least the next 3 years in the mission field.
We have
enjoyed a long-standing relationship with NLI and its founder Ian Green,
and have seen their work first-hand, in the Czech Republic, Serbia,
and the UK.
We both believe this is where God would have us serve.
The journey will begin as we relocate to Bedworth England, home of NLI. Initially we will be involved with………whatever we’re going to be doing……. Lending our experiences and talents to further the growth of the Kingdom, in Central and Eastern Europe. We also know that many opportunities exist for us to be involved with ministry in any of the 25+(?) nations where NLI is currently at work.
Wondering
about how the journey
is unfolding?
By
now you are probably wondering…."Where
do I fit in?"
