
Class of 2017
Missional Community Resident in South Africa Track: Community Development
Region: Africa - Sub-Saharan
Hey there! My name is Lindsay, and starting in early 2018, I'll be serving with United World Mission's East Mountian program in South Africa. I have felt God's calling on my life to go into missions since middle school. Since then I have been pursuing what that missions means and what it could look like through serving in various ministries, getting my degree in Intercultural Studies, and going on multiple short-term mission trips. All of these experiences and the relationships that I've had along the way have given me a heart for holistically caring for others, creating sustainable change in communities, and lifting up the hopeless and brokenhearted with the living gospel of Christ and His redemptive work.
While in South Africa, I will be participating in East Mountain’s residential program where a variety of tools such as spiritual formation, theological training, one-on-one discipleship, and the opportunity to live in a diverse community setting will all be used to equip me as a Christian leader for global missional service. With these biblical and practical tools, I will have a full-time partnership with a local church or non-profit where I will learn from local leaders and walk alongside them as they seek to transform their communities. These partnerships in the community seek to meet holistic need, equip leaders, and build up the local church.
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A Season's Purpose
Posted on December 29, 2017
It was a late spring day. The kind where the breeze contains subtle whispers that foreshadow the coming of summer: a season that intrinsically holds the promise of freedom, opportunity, and endless possibilities. Ever since I was a child, summers constituted those few precious months each year that were ripe with the chance to cut loose, run barefoot through the sprinklers, and spend time with friends and family. As I got older, my summer experiences broadened from the backyard to the globe. I traveled to Scotland in 2013 followed by Nepal in the summer of 2015. Other summers were ... Read moreThe Sender
Posted on November 25, 2017
When it comes to missions, there are many different roles involved (shout-out to all of the finance and administrative people that help make it all happen!). However, when you really step back from it all, missions can for the most part be boiled down into two main roles: the goer and the sender. Many of us are familiar with the goer. Some more well-known ones are the apostle Paul, William Carey, Hudson Taylor, Jim Elliot.... The list goes on. The goers are the ones who go to the mission field to engage with the ministry there. Some goers even display tell-tale signs, as exemplified... Read more
Why Go?
Posted on November 15, 2017
If you had told me a couple of years ago that I would be moving to Africa for two years for full-time ministry work, I would've thought you were crazy. Missions work? Sure thing. Africa? Totally down. Ministry work? Heck yeah! For TWO YEARS? Ummmmm..... yeah, not so sure about that part. That idea of going for two years really challenged me. I had been a "goer" for several short-term trips, but never for something of this magnitude. Two years sounded extreme. The Lord began seriously working on me, chipping away at the parts of my heart and mind and will that were resistant.... Read more
A Change of Mindset, and Heart
Posted on September 29, 2017
When I first started searching for cross-cultural ministry job opportunities after graduating from college, I developed a knack for quickly finding the alarming and unwelcome phrase, "support raising required." It was often casually tucked underneath an average-looking heading among all of the other nitty-gritty details of the job being listed. As soon as those words, or any other phrase resembling them, came into view on my computer scene, my cursor would slowly slink to the the little red exit button in the corner. "Nope! Not for me," I would declare to myself as I searched onwards... Read more
A Foundation of Promise
Posted on August 29, 2017
Hey there! My name is Lindsay, and I graduated from Biola University in 2015 with a degree in Intercultural Studies with an emphasis in Psychology. In early 2018, I'll be moving to South Africa with United World Mission (UWM) for full-time ministry work. I have felt the Lord calling me into missions since middle school, and since that point I've been learning more and more about what that looks like during my time in college, serving in various ministry settings, and going on short-term mission trips. Throughout all of these experiences, the Lord has taught me so much about Himself, His... Read more