Exciting News!!! God continues to open doors and answer prayers. The team of Isaiah 55 has extended us a formal invitation to join the mission in Reynosa! We are so thrilled. Honestly I kind of feel like the new kid at school who just got asked to sit at someone's lunch table for the first time! After our trip in March we felt even more strongly than ever that Reynosa was where we wanted to be and for now God is saying YES! The reality of what we are setting out to do is really hitting home now.
But...we are not packing our bags and our boxes. This is just step number two in a long checklist. First was the application, then obtain a team invitation. Next, Interview and Orientation with Mission To The World in June. They still have to accept us as missionaries. Then we start raising money, go to more training, raise more money, go to language school. The process is long. Depending on how fast God were to raise up the necessary funds, it could take years to get down to Mexico. On one hand that is frustrating. We feel truly called by God to do this. Why the waiting. Let us go!!! But on the other hand, we are attempting to uproot our lives, move our children, jump into very unknown territory. This is not something to be taken lightly. We should not take it lightly. I55 does not take it lightly. MTW does not take it lightly. And as Michael Card says, "There is Joy in the Journey."
Dear friends, continue to pray for us.
Karen
But...we are not packing our bags and our boxes. This is just step number two in a long checklist. First was the application, then obtain a team invitation. Next, Interview and Orientation with Mission To The World in June. They still have to accept us as missionaries. Then we start raising money, go to more training, raise more money, go to language school. The process is long. Depending on how fast God were to raise up the necessary funds, it could take years to get down to Mexico. On one hand that is frustrating. We feel truly called by God to do this. Why the waiting. Let us go!!! But on the other hand, we are attempting to uproot our lives, move our children, jump into very unknown territory. This is not something to be taken lightly. We should not take it lightly. I55 does not take it lightly. MTW does not take it lightly. And as Michael Card says, "There is Joy in the Journey."
Dear friends, continue to pray for us.
Karen