It can be difficult to raise support. I have to raise nearly $40,000 to be able to serve in Hong Kong and Asia. This summer I will be making presentations at churches throughout Nebraska. If anyone is interested in partnering with me, I have attached my "Official Adoption Agreement" from Mission Central and my prayer card from LCMS World Mission.
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Even just a few weeks ago I could not imagine that I would soon be on my way to Hong Kong. My interest in missions started in high school, and developed into a full-fledged passion during my college career, but I always figured I would move over seas after working for a few years. As always, God reminded me that He is in charge, and He opened up the opportunity to use my skills to serve Him in Asia. I was born and raised in Kearney, Neb. In 2005 I graduated from Kearney High and that August I headed to Seward, Neb. to begin college at Concordia University. Initially I thought that I would attend Concordia for a year, get a grasp on college and transfer to a larger school. I did not bring my initial plans for college to fruition, as I am graduating from Concordia this May. Concordia has been a wonderful experience for me. I have made some absolutely amazing friends and been challenged both personally and academically. During difficult situations God was able to show me the strength of my support network in Seward. I have never been a fan of being overly comfortable, so I decided that for my last semester of college I would remove myself from my comfort zone and take part in the Concordia University System visiting student program and attend Concordia University Chicago for the semester. Although I has been difficult to leave all of my friend behind in Seward, I appreciated the challenge of moving to a place where I do not know anyone and develop relationships with new people. Through my experiences in Chicago God has reminded me of the importance of trust and a positive attitude. My transition to Chicago did not go as smoothly as I had hoped, and my fairly consistent less-than-positive attitude did not improve anything Midway through the semester I decided to embrace this experience and I have found myself enjoying my time in Chicago. As I prepare for my next step in my journey, I am excited to be able to use my skills and talents to serve God. I cannot think of a more perfect way to combine all three of my majors into one position. As a communication specialist I will be able to use my business knowledge as I cover projects including microfinancing and economic development. My journalism and public relations skills will be useful as I figure out the most effective way to show how God is working through the mission projects in Asia. Finally, I will be able to use my interpersonal and intercultural communication knowledge to develop and sustain relationships with God’s children in Asia and America. God had continually shown me that I need to trust Him in all decisions and this is especially important as I step out in faith to serve as the communication specialist in Asia with LCMS World Mission. If left to my own devices I would not be successful, so luckily God will never leave and He will guide me as I begin to serve Him in the Asia mission field.
As I begin to tell people that I am going to be a communication specialist, I am often met with many questioning looks. I honestly had no idea what a mission communication specialist position entailed until I met the communication specialist for Latin America last August.
As a communication specialist, I will be making videos and writing about the mission projects, in my case, throughout the Asia field. I will travel a fair amount visiting the project sites to record video, take photos and gather information about both the people and the projects.
After my visit, I will go back to my apartment in Hong Kong and begin working on editing the videos and writing. Once the videos are finished they will be posted YouTube and my blog. Some of the videos may be distributed to partner churches in American and Asia.
Each project will be a new challenge. It will interesting to see how God is working at all of the different mission projects. Asia is a large and diverse field and I am looking forward to learning more about the different cultures.
I will actually have the opportunity to work on a few projects when I go to Panama in May to visit the Latin America communication specialist. It will be a blessing to have a better understanding of what I will be doing before I even go to LCMS World Mission training the first two weeks in June.
Once I arrive in Hong Kong, hopefully by October, I will have the opportunity to work the current communication specialist in Asia until December. This will be great preparation before I set off on my own.
It can be difficult to raise support. I have to raise nearly $40,000 to be able to serve in Hong Kong and Asia. This summer I will be making presentations at churches throughout Nebraska. If anyone is interested in partnering with me, I have attached my "Official Adoption Agreement" from Mission Central and my prayer card from LCMS World Mission.
