Some people (most people) carefully plan big life changes… They get everything in order before taking gigantic leaps off of rocky precipices. But, apparentaly, I am not called to be one of those people, and, with your support, I’m about to take a huge leap of faith.
As most of you know, I’d planned on going back to graduate school in the fall. That was my plan, one in which I’d invested a lot of time and effort and money and dreams. But, starting in February, all of the doors that I thought would be open to me for grad school started to close in my face. And, as I struggled with my disappointment and wrestled with God in prayer, I realized that the path I’d chosen for myself would not be the one that I would walk next year.
And that’s when I discovered the Network of International Christian Schools, that’s when new, unexpected doors were suddenly opened to me, and that’s when I said yes to God’s calling… It’s Brazil.
Brazil or bust…
School will start in August, and there is much to do between now and then. First of all, I need to build a Ministry Support Team that will help me in my efforts through prayer and financial support. I am excited (and a little nervous) about talking with my friends and family about being a part of this exciting adventure. Secondly, I am attempting to complete all of the appropriate visa paperwork in a timely manner which is currently on hold until my passport renewal goes through–visas can take up to three months, and I don’t have that kind of time.
Please pray for me–that I’d be ready for this task, that I’d be able to build a Support Team, and that my paperwork goes through smoothly. Pray also that I would trust in God’s strength and might to get this all done in his time…
Scriptures tell us that God choses the broken and unworthy things in this world to build his kindgom, and at the moment I feel very broken and very unworthy.
Thanks.
With my love & prayers, Amy
1 Corinthians 1:25 – 27–For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s stength. Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.