Rachel's Reflections

I have been accepted by Africa Inland Mission as a full-time missionary ! 😄 Emotions of excitement and anticipation swirl around my mind when I think about this and all the possibilities it contains. I thank God for leading me to this point and all the people who encouraged, walked with me, and helped make it possible.  Africa Inland Mission has presented four assignment/location options for me to pray through and decide on. Each of them has a particular focus on Unreached People Groups (UPG's are less than 2% Christian). They are all good options but one has especially piqued my interest. I will be hearing back from AIM this next week with more details about this particular opportunity. Will you pray with me about where God would have me serve as a full-time missionary? The Unreached Many Unreached Peoples are within reach, in cities and universities, around you and I. Several churches have outreaches to them, like the English Cafe I have been volunteering at her...

Connect Week: 16 Candidates assembled in the room that first morning not knowing what to expect. Was anyone prepared to receive a 60+ item checklist? Or to run around an office building taking crazy pictures? Or to hear a heart-wretching story of a mother watch her little girl cling desperately to her grandma before saying goodbye and boarding the airplane? Or to unlock a secret about time? (curious? see below) Connect week was an unforgettable experience. I connected with AIM staff and the other 15 candidates, made new friends as well as connected with old, family friends. The week was packed with information, each night I got back to my room and tried to process everything I had learned that day. Practical, useful, eye-opening, and more for missionary and non-missionary alike. Did Africa Inland Mission accept me as a full-time missionary? Find out in next weeks blog or subsribe to receive my bi-monthly e-newlsetter to get the insider scoop. (comment, message, or email me to sub...

The wait is finally over!  Tomorrow morning I leave for Peachtree, Georgia for a week where Africa Inland Mission has their headquarters. There I will find out the long awaited and anxiously anticipated answer: will they accept me as a full-time missionary ? Connect week , March 4-10, is a heavily loaded week of training. Who is AIM ? What do they do? How do they do it? What areas do they work in? What opportunities of service are there?  How do AIM missionaries raise support?  What does it look like to minister in the African context? AIM staff will strive to answer these questions as they connect with those of us invited for this special week. While waiting for Connect week to arrive I have been able to plug back into my local church, spend quality time with family and friends, and I have been working as a waitress at a restaurant near home. I thank God for allowing me this time to invest in the people I was away from during my internship with Word of Life Ple...