The Preparations Continue!

The lyrics to the Chris Tomlin song "I will Follow" have been ringing true to me in the last weeks as I continue to prepare to follow God's leading to teach and serve at Black Forest Academy. I am so excited for the journey that God has prepared for me and for His great faithfulness. The words to the song are:

All your ways are good
All your ways are sure
I will trust in you alone
Higher than my side
High above my life
I will trust in you alone

Where you go, I'll go
Where you stay, I'll stay
When you move, I'll move
I will follow you
Who you love, I'll love
How you serve I'll serve
If this life I lose, I will follow you
I will follow you

Light unto the world
Light unto my life
I will live for you alone
You're the one I seek
Knowing I will find
All I need in you alone, in you alone

In you there's life everlasting
In you there's freedom for my soul
In you there joy, unending joy
and I will follow

These words echo my prayer to the Lord to follow his leading and to continually place my trust in Him alone.

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The Lord has been faithful to provide opportunities to share about my mission with others. In the last two weeks I have been able to share at 3 different churches during services and Bible Studies. I have been so encouraged by the encouragement and prayers of so many people. Currently, I have over 50% of my support raised. I still have a ways to go and would appreciate your continued prayers and support as I seek to raise the rest of the funds needed to go to Germany. Please consider clicking on the "How to Get Involved" tab at the top of the page to learn how to get involved and become a partner with me in serving and loving missionary kids at Black Forest Academy.

This Sunday I will be leaving for Minneapolis for training with my mission organization TeachBeyond. I am really looking forward to meeting fellow missionaries serving at BFA and various international schools and to prepare our hearts and minds for the mission field before us.

I have also been enjoying looking at some more of my German to keep it fresh and relevant! Of course, true to my elementary education style I created a German word wall right in the kitchen for my continued vocabulary development! Let me know of any of your favorite German words to add to my wall!! I want to learn as much as I can!

Trusting in Him and his GREAT provision!



Equipped by God

This past Monday I had the wonderful opportunity to share about my mission to Germany with some of the ladies at First United Methodist Church in Bangor. I joined them for their Bible Study time and shared about the journey that God has called me to at Black Forest Academy. I am so grateful for these women and for their willingness to pray for me as I serve and teach in Germany. It was so fun to reunite with them and to talk about how God calls each of us to mission no matter where we are.
We discussed the passage in 1 Samuel 16:4-13 when God sends Samuel to appoint the new king. God selects and anoints David as King and from that point on He equips and empowers David to be a great leader. In the same way, I am reminded that God will certainly equip and supply my every need as I travel to Germany and prepare to serve the students at Black Forest Academy. Our God is faithful and enduring and knows just what we need.

Reading scripture together

Sharing about BFA and answering questions

"And the LORD said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is he.” 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward." 1 Samuel 16:12, 13