New Possibilities

I have told you for a couple weeks now that I had some exciting news. In light of the last several weeks I felt like now would be the appropriate time to share with you all what God has done during my time here. As most of you know about a year ago I really felt like God started preparing me for something more. I came to believe that that was a calling to partner with local churches and work with them to really support the missioinaries that they cared for. As I started to discover what that meant I came across the counseling training progarm that YWAM offered that dealt heavely with missionaries and a number of social justice issues. In looking into that deeper I found out that it required the completion of a DTS which in partial is what lead me to DP. As part of the DTS that I am at there is an internship requirement. I had been praying about what God wanted to do with that time and where he wanted me to go. There were a couple good options that I had come across but the more and more I prayed I really felt like God telling me it was my choice. As I talked with the staff here about options, and I feeling like I needed more experience in the mission field myself as well as working with missionaries from not just a church side but an organization, they presented the opportunity for me to come back to DP. They had a need for an intern and outreach facilitator which would work closely with the students helping to coordinate internships, check on them while on internship, create a database of possible internships, and connect with past alumni, in additon to helping organize outreaches. This would allow me to get a good understanding of a number of different cultures and what working as a missionary in that culture is like and counseling them through what is going on there, as well as work as a missionary myself. The initial internship would be 6 months instead of 4 like the typical internship so that I could see my own school as well as the April one thruogh and begin to help the September school with their choices. In additon, it would be with the hope of coming on staff after that. The staff asked me to pray about the option, and over the next couple days I continued to talk with them, as well as fast about the exciting option God had presented me with. After seeking God on it I really felt like it was a green light. Therefore, in late May I will be coming back to Belize with the plan of returning back to DC for a couple months in November with the intention of coming back down here after that. I am not forgetting or neglecting the original vision that God gave me I am simply allowing God to train me a little more before I am able to realize that goal. In addition, DP is hoping to do the counseling school in the near future and at that time I will be able to be a part of the school as a student while also being on staff which will greatly change my fees for the school. I am continuing to hold it in open hands allowing God to do with it what he wills, but I am excited for this new adventure in my life and seeing what God has in store for me through this new ministry and faith in his plan.