Saturday, June 23, 2012

Application process

I remember talking to a friend from college whose family are career missionaries.  They've been in the ministry for over 10 years.  We were talking a bit about the process to become a missionary and she joked with me that she doesn't know if they would be accepted now days because the process of selection has become more involved.  I don't know if I agree with her on that, but I do agree the process is a bit overwhelming!

We have two applications sitting in front of us on the computer for two different agencies.  They are both very involved!  It's not the type of thing you can just sit down and whiz through.  There is a lot of info. they want to know and many "essay" type questions.  All is necessary, but it's a good thing the deadline for one of these applications is not until October!

Not only do we have a lot of paperwork to complete, one of the organizations we're considering wants us to visit Japan as a family before they will interview us.  We agree this would be a good idea as we have never traveled internationally as a family.  None of us have been over-seas either!  So, our next step is to trust God for the finances to be able to afford to travel to Japan.

It would be wonderful if we could make this trip the latter half of October.  A team we potentially could work with will be meeting to set a new direction in Oct.  It would be very exciting to be there when they come together to plan their next steps.  We have a possibility of somewhere to stay thanks to our friends in Japan.  That would be very helpful!  We are now looking to God to provide our transportation over there.  (Mounting on eagle's wings sounds very exciting and cheap right now!  Anybody raise eagles?)  I am confident that if God wants us there in Oct. it is nothing for Him to provide what we need.  Our friends are already busy researching some projects we could be involved in.

In the meantime, we continue to trust for God's provision!

Phil. 4:19   And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

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