Next Step In Life

One of the interesting things about following (and for me: reviewing) my blog posts and reading about the things that are going on is realizing that missions and ministry work happens not only when you're overseas or at a camp but rather noticing it happening during your every day life. Too many people believe that "ministry" is something you do in relation with a church or organization. Not enough people realize that real ministry happens when real Christian people impact real people. What also should be emphasized is that ministry is not just helping the lost but also their fellow Christian brothers and sisters. Most of the ministry that I have been able to be a part of since starting college have been of that sort. I have learned to be a real person and impact people during my every day life.

Last week, Jonathan and I were married. I am a wife. Which means that now my first ministry responsibility is Jonathan. I see him everyday. Everything I do, I must do with him in mind. If this doesn't teach one to serve I don't know what will. Our goal remains the same: to become international church planters. Our desire is to minister to the physical and educational needs of children in third world countries. How exactly that will play out, we don't know. That is still in the dreaming stage! But for right now while still pursuing our education we continue to actively minister in our local church, Grace, through doing basically anything we can get our hands into. We also both work secular jobs, he works as a manager at UPS and I am a sale's associate at a small store called Glitter. We continually endeavor to build relationships with those we work with praying that we will be a light for Christ through our influence.