I grew up on the mission field. But I didn’t want to be a missionary. God had a different plan, and it is infinitely better than mine.
Between my Freshman and Sophomore year of college I heard God calling me to full-time mission work. In fact, it was this calling that prompted me to transfer to a Christian college. I didn’t know what my role in missions would look like, so I started exploring and applying to internships with a variety of mission organizations. As a senior, I heard about GoCorps, which gives recent grads a chance to use their degrees and learned skills to serve overseas in a missional capacity for two years. This was exactly the right opportunity to test my calling and discover what it might look like in the long run.
My application to GoCorps has led me to a team in West Asia I’ll be joining in September. My role will be as administrative assistant and logistics coordinator in a business for transformation.
God has given me certain gifts in the areas of organization, communication and seeing the big picture. As a kid, I liked to play with Legos, and when I was done, they all got sorted by color, size, and/or purpose. I’ve always found great satisfaction in organizing.
I hope to use these gifts on the field to assist the business and our partners in setting up self-sustaining ministries that impact their communities and are living testimonies of God’s power. My job is to support others, in doing so, I will help our and other ministries succeed.
I have felt confirmed in my calling to this team and this organization by how the many pieces of applying, education, experience and the team’s needs have fit together. Looking back, I can see how God has been preparing me for this role and this team.
At the end of these two years, I want this team to say that I was a good investment, that I made their jobs easier and helped them complete the visions that God has given them for their ministry. I hope to see my contribution to the team result in ministries that are successful in spreading the gospel among the least reached of the world.