Here is a letter I sent out concerning my trip:
Hello to everyone. I am excited to say that the Lord has been
blessing me with good health over the past year. The Lord has allowed me to
return to work full-time and become more involved in my local church, Calvary
Baptist Church in Coudersport, Pa. I am
finally able to truly pray about and hopefully go to the mission field.
I have been given a wonderful opportunity to go to the
mission field on a short-term basis, from the middle of August until the middle
of December 2013. I am so excited for this opportunity that the Lord has given
me.
I am hoping to be able to raise the funds to go to Knysna,
South Africa, to help with the work that Amy Blackburn missionary to Knysna with
Baptist World Missions, is currently doing. Amy has been in Knysna since 2007. She
will be returning to the states for furlough and has asked if I would be
willing to help out in her absence.
She currently is a working with church planters, Dave and
Julie Rudolph at Lagoonside Baptist Church. Their team includes several
missionaries involved in church planting in the Garden Route. To learn more
about their ministries please visit the Garden Route Independent Baptist
Fellowship website: www.gardenroute.weebly.com.
Amy’s main responsibilities include: teaching Sunday School,
Children’s Church, and a feeding initiative and Bible Club in the township (she
feeds the children lunch and then does a Bible lesson). I would not be filling
her shoes completely, but instead helping out where I can. To learn more about her current ministry,
please feel free to visit her blog: www.themissionarylifeofamy2.blogspot.com.
I am very excited to what the Lord is going to do in my life over the next several months.
