Acts 1:8 - "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Vision:
“Telling stories of life change to produce life changing stories.”
Media is able to illustrate the way the Gospel has changed the lives of others. Allowing others to tell their stories has greater impact on a person than if a third party were to tell it. Hearing and seeing a life that has been changed through the work of the Gospel should challenge and compel others to be involved as well, by doing something. Through this involvement, their own lives and even the lives of others should be changed because life change is necessary.
My desire:
Be involved in local ministries that share the Gospel, disciple believers, and plant churches
Use media to communicate stories visually
help missionaries communicate more effectively with their partners at home
provide resources for missionaries, field teams, and ABWE for mobilization and awareness purposes
provide resources that help spread the Gospel locally
promote needs to others in order to affect change
To learn more about ABWE, visit their website by clicking on the link below!
http://www.abwe.org/
My Story - well, some of it…
In June 2005, at age 14, I went on my first short-term trip with my youth group to Thailand. After sharing about our time there, I distinctly remember one sentence from a conversation. With a huge smile, a lady said, “I am so excited to see where God plants you.” At the time, I just agreed. But as I continued to go on trips I thought to myself, "What if He doesn’t plant me?" It wasn’t a hopeless or doubtful question, I just am not a person to stay in one place for too long so the thought of being in one place for a while just did not seem to make sense.
Long story short, I struggled on and off with the call to full time ministry and my own desire to pursue photography as a career. At age 21, I was introduced to other creative professionals desiring to use their skills in ministry, and I instantly understood what God had been doing. My passions were finally able to be put together. God gave me the ability to be a photographer and He gave me a passion for serving people in other countries. Twelve years after that first trip and fourteen years after the initial call into full time ministry, God allowed me to see His strong vision to utilize media to further His kingdom. In response to that “…where God plants you”, is my belief that God will likely never plant me…permanently. Even now my journey is not a singular destination. As I serve in West Africa, there will be stationary periods of time, but I will go to different countries with different teams while using media to communicate the Gospel and how it is changing the lives of others.
I am excited to see God's hand at work. My only goal in all of this is that He is glorified by the works done through me. I can do nothing on my own. I must bloom where I am planted. And as I do so, I can only pray that the buds and blossoms glorify and reveal the beauty of my great God and King. Soli Deo gloria!
Potential fields of service:
West Africa (red)
Gambia, Liberia, Ghana, Togo, Benin, CameroonEast Africa (green)
South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia* (not colored in, new field)South Africa (golden)
South Africa