Boling Missionary Update
Congratulations to all who took part in the Convoy of Hope! May God's grace continue to grow in the hearts of those you may have introduced Him to for the first time...
Classes here at the mission sending base continue to be fun, scary, and helpful. We're down to the last three weeks and so are working on communications with key field contacts for final details of work assignments and travel arrangements , 'telling our story', figuring out actual budgets, and developing a Power Point presentation to share with others about what we'll be doing.
The Lord has seen fit to direct our path to teach, instead of learn, as a next step. Instead of heading out to France for my language study, He's directing us to WEC's Gateway Missionary Training College (MTC) in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The semester begins January 17th. I believe we'll be leaving here very near December 15th. Our candidate orientation finishes on Dec 4th. Mike has to catch up on some Continuing Medical Education courses, though, and it seems good to us to have him get those out of the way before we find ourselves in a whirlwind of new surroundings and activities. We'll keep you posted on our travels because they might include driving through Sacramento just after Christmas.
Heading for Canada instead of France is different than what we had anticipated in our own (practical) thinking. Our hearts continue to beat for West Africa. We trusted that God would show us HIS plan during this candidate orientation time. While it's true that neither one of us would have ever considered ministry right away (in Canada!), our prayers for direction have been answered in a very clear, unquestionable way. We are in perfect peace about this next step. Naturally we try to figure out some of the "whys". Maybe we'll make a contact at the MTC that God will use to direct our next step; maybe Laurie is not yet ready for overseas work and needs to be exposed to more cross-cultural training; maybe the field where He's sending us is not even established yet! We don't know, really, but we can't help wondering. That's part of the marvel of belonging to a great and mighty God, Father, who indeed directs our every step.
We'll be living in an ethnically-mixed community (everyone taking their turns at cleaning the chicken coop!), working and teaching. I'll be assigned to the office and conference coordinating, while Mike will teach the Culture & Adaptation module, be part of the Overseas Life Issues, and co-teach the World Mission Course of the Perspectives program. We will be mentors to a student couple and will both help with teaching and/or conversations for the English (ESL) module. I plan to work on French language study in the evenings. We'll give more details from there in January!
Until then, we continue to pray for all the doings at RestLife, and for the Sunday School especially... In Him,
Laurie (and Mike)
Classes here at the mission sending base continue to be fun, scary, and helpful. We're down to the last three weeks and so are working on communications with key field contacts for final details of work assignments and travel arrangements , 'telling our story', figuring out actual budgets, and developing a Power Point presentation to share with others about what we'll be doing.
The Lord has seen fit to direct our path to teach, instead of learn, as a next step. Instead of heading out to France for my language study, He's directing us to WEC's Gateway Missionary Training College (MTC) in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The semester begins January 17th. I believe we'll be leaving here very near December 15th. Our candidate orientation finishes on Dec 4th. Mike has to catch up on some Continuing Medical Education courses, though, and it seems good to us to have him get those out of the way before we find ourselves in a whirlwind of new surroundings and activities. We'll keep you posted on our travels because they might include driving through Sacramento just after Christmas.
Heading for Canada instead of France is different than what we had anticipated in our own (practical) thinking. Our hearts continue to beat for West Africa. We trusted that God would show us HIS plan during this candidate orientation time. While it's true that neither one of us would have ever considered ministry right away (in Canada!), our prayers for direction have been answered in a very clear, unquestionable way. We are in perfect peace about this next step. Naturally we try to figure out some of the "whys". Maybe we'll make a contact at the MTC that God will use to direct our next step; maybe Laurie is not yet ready for overseas work and needs to be exposed to more cross-cultural training; maybe the field where He's sending us is not even established yet! We don't know, really, but we can't help wondering. That's part of the marvel of belonging to a great and mighty God, Father, who indeed directs our every step.
We'll be living in an ethnically-mixed community (everyone taking their turns at cleaning the chicken coop!), working and teaching. I'll be assigned to the office and conference coordinating, while Mike will teach the Culture & Adaptation module, be part of the Overseas Life Issues, and co-teach the World Mission Course of the Perspectives program. We will be mentors to a student couple and will both help with teaching and/or conversations for the English (ESL) module. I plan to work on French language study in the evenings. We'll give more details from there in January!
Until then, we continue to pray for all the doings at RestLife, and for the Sunday School especially... In Him,
Laurie (and Mike)
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