transition
Although we’ve known for over a year that we were headed to the Philippines as missionaries, it is becoming more real as life-altering plans are being made. We are in the last few months of life and employment and ministry in Oceanside, which means if all goes according to plan, we are only a year away from being on the field!
It seems that we have been in constant transition, and now things are just speeding up. I (Amy) ended my life as a student in June, graduating from the Haggard School of Theology at Azusa Pacific University with a Masters in Religion. Except for a year after college, I have always been a student. It has been a strange and sometimes frustrating adjustment. I love education. Edwin finished his MA in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in December. I warned him that his long-lived life-as-a-student would be a perhaps difficult adjustment. I was right. He now fills the time he used to use writing papers with ordination study. He hopes to be ordained this spring.
Another thing in transition is Frontline Ministry (Edwin’s child). After a solid year of praying for where the ministry will go, we believe the Lord has answered our prayers in providing a team of Frontline leaders to carry the baton of serving the Oceanside community. We are leaving behind a ministry birthed from Edwin’s passion to discover what God will make us passionate about in the Philippines. I personally look forward to discovering that together.
While I look forward with excitement all of the things that will happen this year to make our move to the mission field possible, I also anticipate prayerfully the times of trial. We will be living out of our suitcases from May until December. Even that is a rough guess. We are praying that our “planned departure date” will fit closely with reality.
All this reminds me of the passage in James that says not to plan too far ahead. Lord, we submit these plans to You, knowing that You have called us and You will make the way. Please provide the prayer and financial support to make this mission possible. You clothe the lilies, and we trust You to clothe us.
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