It is all so exciting! I am leaving for Athens, Greece in two weeks! The rest of the team is already in North Carolina for their pre-field training and will be arriving in Greece on Friday! It is so crazy to think that I will be meeting the rest of the team so soon. I have been trying to get all the last minute details ironed out- I have started becoming really good friends with my health insurance company and the kind people at Chase bank. I am sure they love all of my questions (NOT!). As I have been reading through the blogs and comments of my fellow interns the last couple of weeks, I have been so encouraged by their sheer excitement to serve! I am so excited to meet them and serve with them.
At my small group meeting tonight, we studied Jeremiah 29 and we discussed the sheer magnitude of God's love. His people were in exile, scared for their lives, and he chose to prosper them where they were. He called them to plant roots, start families and integrate themselves into their community. Throughout their fear and anxiety, he continued to love them and encourage them that he was going to rescue them again. Jeremiah 29:11 describes God's reassurance of love, hope and a perfect plan. This verse is a familiar one that most people have memorized. In context, however, I was struck with just how powerful it was. God's plans for his people were to encourage them, love them and help them prosper for 70 years! While in exile! A God this good is truly a God that wants us to prosper, especially when doing His will. This passage tonight was very encouraging, especially with all of the stresses of the past and upcoming weeks. God's plan for me is prosperity and an amazing future.
With regard to my future in Greece, I have also been so blessed in peoples' interest in supporting me both prayerfully and financially. I have received a few donations in the lats few days so I am about a hundred dollars closer! Wooo Hooo! I still, however, have about 4,400 dollars to raise by June 6th. It seems very daunting when looking at the figures, but when I look at all the amazing things God has made happen, including prospering His people for generations while they were in exile, I know that the complexity of raising a few thousand dollars is dwarfed in comparison. I ask that you still continue in prayer, especially now that our team will be there is just a few short days! If you would like to support me financially, please go to the MTW website to donate in my name and number (10855):
https://www2.mtw.org/donations/donate/AddDesignation.aspx?No=10855
Thank you for all of your support and love,
Emily
Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Officially part of the MTW team headed to Greece!
Hello all!
I am excited to report that my application process went through smoothly and I am now an official member of the team headed to Greece! This is such an amazing opportunity and blessing! I am so excited to hop on a plane and begin to serve! Last month when Jaimeson, my RUF campus minister, mentioned that he was leading a team in Greece this summer and needed more students, I was immediately interested. God has been teaching me lately just how important simply serving and loving others is. The opportunity to serve and show God's love in Greece sounded like a dream to me. I was however a little concerned about the costs, speed of the application process and whether that was where God wanted me this summer. In the past few weeks, God has been opening and closing doors and has provided me with a very free summer (my job search yielded no success). I believe that he has presented me with this unique opportunity at this time in my life for a reason. When I officially became part of the Greece team just a few days ago, I was even more assured that was what He desired for me to do.
Our team is going to be working in many different ministries over the course of the next two months, but we are mostly going to be working in childrens' ministry, helping out with events and at camps, as well as in the "New Life" ministry which is aimed at working with women in brothels. I am so excited to travel to Greece, become immersed in the culture and, most importantly, serve in whatever ways I am called to.
Since this opportunity was presented to me fairly recently, I have less time to raise support. This is one of my biggest concerns during the preparation process. I know, however, that this is what God is calling me to do and that he will provide. I would love for your support, primarily in prayer. Please be praying for the team, the Greek citizens that we will be working with and for God's love to be apparent and abundant through our ministry.
I do, however, need financial support as well. I need to raise $6,500 by June 6th. I have already received a pledge of $2,000 from my church here in Santa Barbara, Christ Presbyterian Church. This is such an amazing blessing to me and I am utterly taken aback by God's faithfulness. I do still need $4,500 in order to leave for Greece in mid June. Any donation amount would be such a blessing and would get me closer to my goal! If you do choose to donate you can make a donation to me through Mission to the World's website. My donation link is:
https://www2.mtw.org/donations/donate/AddDesignation.aspx?No=10855
You can also make a check out to:
Please include my name and donation number (#10855) on the memo line. I would also appreciate if you could send an email to the Director of Internships, Beth Martin (beth.martin@mtw.org), with your pledged amount so that she can accurately account for support before she receives it in the mail.
This is such an exciting time and I am so incredibly blessed to be given this opportunity to serve overseas. I would ask that you pray for our team and for the work that we will be doing. I will keep you all updated my trip to Greece! If you have any questions or just want to talk to me about my trip, please do not hesitate to contact me! I would love to talk to all of you!
Love,
Emily
I am excited to report that my application process went through smoothly and I am now an official member of the team headed to Greece! This is such an amazing opportunity and blessing! I am so excited to hop on a plane and begin to serve! Last month when Jaimeson, my RUF campus minister, mentioned that he was leading a team in Greece this summer and needed more students, I was immediately interested. God has been teaching me lately just how important simply serving and loving others is. The opportunity to serve and show God's love in Greece sounded like a dream to me. I was however a little concerned about the costs, speed of the application process and whether that was where God wanted me this summer. In the past few weeks, God has been opening and closing doors and has provided me with a very free summer (my job search yielded no success). I believe that he has presented me with this unique opportunity at this time in my life for a reason. When I officially became part of the Greece team just a few days ago, I was even more assured that was what He desired for me to do.
Our team is going to be working in many different ministries over the course of the next two months, but we are mostly going to be working in childrens' ministry, helping out with events and at camps, as well as in the "New Life" ministry which is aimed at working with women in brothels. I am so excited to travel to Greece, become immersed in the culture and, most importantly, serve in whatever ways I am called to.
Since this opportunity was presented to me fairly recently, I have less time to raise support. This is one of my biggest concerns during the preparation process. I know, however, that this is what God is calling me to do and that he will provide. I would love for your support, primarily in prayer. Please be praying for the team, the Greek citizens that we will be working with and for God's love to be apparent and abundant through our ministry.
I do, however, need financial support as well. I need to raise $6,500 by June 6th. I have already received a pledge of $2,000 from my church here in Santa Barbara, Christ Presbyterian Church. This is such an amazing blessing to me and I am utterly taken aback by God's faithfulness. I do still need $4,500 in order to leave for Greece in mid June. Any donation amount would be such a blessing and would get me closer to my goal! If you do choose to donate you can make a donation to me through Mission to the World's website. My donation link is:
https://www2.mtw.org/donations/donate/AddDesignation.aspx?No=10855
You can also make a check out to:
Mission to the World
PO BOX 116284
Atlanta, GA 30368-6284
This is such an exciting time and I am so incredibly blessed to be given this opportunity to serve overseas. I would ask that you pray for our team and for the work that we will be doing. I will keep you all updated my trip to Greece! If you have any questions or just want to talk to me about my trip, please do not hesitate to contact me! I would love to talk to all of you!
Love,
Emily
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