Journey to the Field - It's Getting Serious
This Friday, Marge, the children, and I will travel over to Baptist General Conference (BGC)headquarters in Arlington Heights, IL to meet with Deb Castig. Deb is the BGC director of short term missions.
Short term missions encompasses both the two week type of trip as well as the one, two and three year assignments. We want to get more information on the process of pursuing such an assignment with them (See MAC - Day Three near the bottom of the page). The BGC may have a specific opening for us that fits in with their suggestions. The idea would be to get some experience serving in a foreign culture before committing to a career missionary assignment. For our case, my wife and I heartily agree with the wisdom of that.
What happens after that short term assignment? Only God knows and I'm certain we'll have more clarity as that particular time gets closer. For now, I am consumed with study and preparation for this next step.
Also this weekend: the family that held the position prior to us is currently engaged in ministry in Cincinnati Ohio. So this Saturday we are hoping to be able to visit with them as well.
Tonight (Tue 7-Nov-2006), I will be meeting with the missions committee at my home church, Bethel Baptist. We want to bring them up to speed on developments, and verify that they continue to support our efforts.
Adam
Short term missions encompasses both the two week type of trip as well as the one, two and three year assignments. We want to get more information on the process of pursuing such an assignment with them (See MAC - Day Three near the bottom of the page). The BGC may have a specific opening for us that fits in with their suggestions. The idea would be to get some experience serving in a foreign culture before committing to a career missionary assignment. For our case, my wife and I heartily agree with the wisdom of that.
What happens after that short term assignment? Only God knows and I'm certain we'll have more clarity as that particular time gets closer. For now, I am consumed with study and preparation for this next step.
Also this weekend: the family that held the position prior to us is currently engaged in ministry in Cincinnati Ohio. So this Saturday we are hoping to be able to visit with them as well.
Tonight (Tue 7-Nov-2006), I will be meeting with the missions committee at my home church, Bethel Baptist. We want to bring them up to speed on developments, and verify that they continue to support our efforts.
Adam
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