Rachel's Reflections

Sharing the Vision People living in a thick veil of spiritual darkness The Vision: to bring the light of God to them It is incredible how God has aligned numerous aspects of my life - my experiences, interests, and passions, so perfectly with the goals, details, and values of the ministry team I will be joining in northern Mozambique with Africa Inland Mission . I am blown away by how perfectly some of the details match, it's like God made me for this assignment or this assignment for me. "What are these?" you ask. Language and teammate connections to hint a couple. My desire is to personally share the specific details with as many of you as possible before publishing them in a newsletter or on social media. I am discovering that sharing with individuals allows for more interaction, a heart-to-heart connection, freedom to ask questions, and I can more naturally share the passion, vision, and burden God has laid on my heart.  Several individuals and couples have give...

Mom on mission : Every morning we would sit and listen as she read a passage from the Bible, answer the questions she asked us about it, and then after she prayed she would read from another book. It was almost always a story about a missionary reaching out to people with the Gospel. Stories like Amy Carmichael, Hudson Taylor, Brother Andrew, Peace Child, and Bruchko. Those stories inspired and challenged me.  God used my mom to instill in me a love and a desire for missions, a dream that some day I would become a full-time missionary somewhere in the world. Now I am seeing that dream become a reality as I prepare to go as a full-time missionary to northern Mozambique with Africa Inland Mission. Thank you, Mom, for being faithful to teach me to love God and desire to be on mission for Him. Language Cafe : After asking her what her favorite Bible story was and being able to share how that story fit into God's great Redemption story she asked me what my favorite Bible story was...

Mozambique Africa Inland Mission (AIM) has appointed me as a full-time missionary to northern Mozambique! AIM was excited to learn about my Portuguese and asked me to pray about going to northern Mozambique where they are starting a new team. I am ecstatic about this opportunity to return to a familiar country, closer to my friends, and continue to use my hard-earned Portuguese. I was given three other options to pray about but it has been very clear that God is leading me to Mozambique. Fast Facts: January 2019 Departure Going with another young, single lady from the U.S. I will need to learn another local, tribal language as well as brush up on my Portuguese I will be living near the city of Pemba Distance from the capitol city Maputo in the south to Pemba in the north is the equivalent distance from Cadillac, Michigan to Miami, Florida 10 Identified Unreached People Groups live in northern Mozambique Flying Colors I was nervous.  The AIM ...