Friday, March 27, 2009

Phase 2

Christianne and I have begun what I am calling "Phase 2" in our journey of missions. Phase 1 was amazing. As one may recall, I was called into missions after a vivid revelation from God in the basement of my aunt and uncle's house in Minnesota. That summer changed the course of my life. I went back home to Arizona and started exploring the vocation of missions. I attended Urbana in 2003, and that confirmed the call even more as I spent most of my time crying about how many people were unreached....

I then enrolled in Phoenix Seminary and essentially focused my studies on missiology. Upon graduation in the Spring of 2005, I officially became a missionary. In the Summer of 2006, I deployed to Central Asia and embarked on the greatest adventure, learning experience, and mission of my life. I met my soon-to-be wife there and we came back to the States (Philadelphia) to get married in 2007. I got a job at a new mission agency: World Harvest Mission. Christianne got pregnant in the Winter of 2007 and I also assumed a leadership position within WHM....thus, Phase 2 started.

Upon taking the role at WHM, I was asked to raise support for my position. This came as no surprise as most leadership roles at missions agencies are support raising positions. In January of 2009 my wife and I started to raise support....and this is where the Lord has us in our journey now, our sojourn.....

That summer in Minnesota, I was called into missions. That call hasn't changed. God called me into missions for my life, I am sold out to that calling. This is Phase 2 of that call....

More to come.