Big Decisions!

As some of you may know, I've decided to pursue a new ministry opportunity in moving to South Korea. I will be teaching 3rd grade at a Christian school. I have had opportunities in the past to go overseas and teach on a short term basis. I've enjoyed those opportunities to be put out of my comfort zone and into places that God had for me to work for a time. There were offers to extend my time in both of those places, but God had different plans.

I went to Hong Kong in 2005 to teach English for the summer. That summer taught me a lot about myself and the presence of God being exactly what I needed to survive in life. I was about to leave that summer thinking I would come home to return to college and pursue another degree or grad school. God had other plans. I have been privileged to spend the last 8 years at Conway Christian School and have been blessed in knowing the precious coworkers and families associated with the school.

In 2010, I finished up some graduate work and headed to Russia for the summer to teach an English camp very similar to my time in Hong Kong. Again, God stretched me, took me out of my comfort zone, practically to the middle of nowhere in northern Russia. Being out of my comfort zone surely showed me a lot of things I could do without and what was truly important. I was offered and tempted to take a year long teaching position in Russia the next year. God did not have that door opening for me just yet.

Last year, after praying for quite a while after returning from Russia, I pursued going overseas for an extended time period with the Network of International Christian School (NICS). However, my inquiries were literally a day late. I asked for information regarding a job fair the day after it had happened.

I continued to pray about what God would have me to do as far as this desire to go overseas was concerned. My brother and I were talking one day during the summer about ministry opportunities and I brought this up. His advice was to do what God had placed on my heart and not to question but to trust His hand.

I applied for a position with NICS in October, informed my family of my decision, asking them to pray about it with me, and put the fleece out there before the LORD. If He wanted this for me, I prayed He would make it abundantly clear.

Well, as I prayed, God made it very clear. I was to go. But where?

At the job fair in February, I applied for a school in Korea, praying that God would make the process smooth and "easy" or "simple" not really knowing what that meant. :)

So....that's what's happened in my life that last few months and I'm in the process of moving to South Korea to spend the next 2 years teaching 3rd grade.
Please pray for me about the transition and getting settled there.
THANKS!