All the Feels
Them: “Soo how are you feeling about moving to Spain in almost two months?” Me: “Yes” Yes, as in, I am feeling all the feelings! I have felt thrilled, nervous, at peace, overwhelmed, curious, motivated, hopeful, confused, vulnerable, encouraged, lonely, weak, grateful, impatient, delighted, grievous, inspired, anxious, joyful… the list goes on. If you can picture one of those “emotion wheel” diagrams, it feels like that sometimes HA. The pleasant feelings? Dance party! Thank you Jesus! The challenging feelings? Oof. Less dancing, more time on my knees in prayer. No matter the… Read more
Launchpad: Islam
Another blog post, another launchpad! This is the last blog post in my mini-series called “Launchpads.” In this series, I have been writing about what God used to draw me to the mission field. My first two blog posts in this series were about missiology and apologetics & evangelism. I am finishing out the series by looking at my country’s main religion: Islam. In 610 CE in Saudi Arabia, a man named Muhammad began receiving divine revelation from God through the angel Gabriel. Gabriel tells Muhammad “Recite!” and Muhammad is given the first surahs (chapters) of the… Read moreA Time of Change & Uncertainty
The fundraising season is a weird one to navigate. Everyone talks about it, trying to prepare us. However, I didn’t truly understand until I found myself in the thick of it. There are a series of emotions and challenges I anticipated coming up, followed by a whole other series that came straight out of left field. This season has consisted of many things thus far– determination, hope, questioning, apprehension, discouragement… you name it. Alongside this rollercoaster of emotions, it has also consisted heavily of learning more about the character of my Father. The Lord has revealed… Read more
Launchpad: Apologetics & Evangelism
Welcome back to my mini-series called "Launchpads." In this mini-series, I am sharing things that God used to "launch" me to the mission field. In the first post I talked about missiology, which is the study of Christian missions. I studied missiology to learn more about the past movements of God and how He is moving today. During my senior year of college, I slowly shifted from studying missiology to studying apologetics and evangelism. I wanted to learn how to explain the Gospel to people of other worldviews and religious backgrounds. My studies led me to participate in an evangelism… Read moreDefy Fear
I’m so freaking scared. How many times have I written that sentence in my journal over the last year? How many times before I traveled to the Czech Republic alone for a vision trip? How many times after I said yes to moving there for two years? How many times as I’ve done trainings? How many bazillion times as I’ve been fundraising? I’ve written it too many times to bother counting, and it was true every time. You wouldn’t expect God to send someone who’s struggled with anxiety for twenty years onto the mission field. Or at least, I didn’t expect it. … Read moreMy First Month
Hi all I am excited to inform you how this first full month of prework has been! Things right after GO Week which was so much fun! There was a lot of information thrown my way, and while at first it was overwhelming after coming home and dwelling on it I was met with a great sense of peace! Getting to spend time with fellow workers and learn from the GO Corps staff was loads of fun and I am so thankful to all the staff for putting on such a great week of training. Going into these past few weeks, I was worried about how things would go. I wasn’t sure how people would respond to my story and… Read more