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I have moved a number of times in my adult life. And IRSM and I will be making another move… to Searcy, Arkansas.
After two years based out of Denver, Colorado, blessed by my involvement with the Northwest Church of Christ, and its members, I am bidding them adieu and relocating.
Cost-of-living in Denver and proximity to family are two of the primary factors in this decision. My sister and brother-in-law who have graciously and generously opened their home to me and the ministry for the past two years, are moving to Oklahoma, so it was time for me to vacate the basement and facilitate their putting the house on the market.
My parents live in Searcy and I will be reconnecting with many in the Harding University community, my undergrad alma mater.
The move across Denver is happening tomorrow, and the transition to Searcy will be the first week of August. I covet your prayers for me and for the ministry as we will be changing our home-base, but continuing to serve to equip women to connect to God and one-another more deeply across the Americas.
Note: We will keep the PO Box in Brighton, CO, active for approximately a year beyond the move. Stay tuned for additional details and updates.
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As a part of the community of former missionaries, I would like to give them a shout-out today to the tune of “This World is Not My Home.”
One of the comments that most made my cringe would I would return for furlough and fund-raising was “Welcome home.” I understand and appreciate the sentiment behind it, but I was not “home.” Home had taken on a quite different meaning in the context of a different culture and language.
Don’t get me wrong; there are many people and places that make me feel at home—a part of the family and comfortable to grab a glass out of the cabinet, snooze on the couch, or wash my own dishes.
In the kingdom, God has granted us with the blessing of family and community that transcends borders, cultures, and languages.
But when you have lived a lot of places and been a part of people’s lives in multiple locations, you tend to long for heaven, where all of those people you know and love will be together for eternity.
Every time I meet someone that has spent time in full-time ministry or that has lived in another country, we have an instant connection. I recently heard a quote from a missionary who had returned to Chile after several years in the U.S. She was asked if she was glad to be back in Chile or if she missed her life in the U.S. after having spent a number of years back on U.S. soil.
“I’m definitely glad to be back in Chile. In the U.S., people expect me to be American and I’m not really American after having lived overseas as a missionary. Here in Chile, they don’t expect me to be Chilean, so I can just be myself.”
Truly, this world is not our home.
What home are you longing for today?