A New Chapter

Family..
My blogging is back! YAY! I thought that I would give my blog a new beginning. A new look. A new start....with a new posting.

For the most part, I'm sure most of you have heard that I will not be returning to Zimbabwe as soon as I thought. I have felt God's leading to take a step back from the mission field and receive some more training. I will be attending a ministry school in Redding, CA from this September until next May. After that, I don't know what will happen, but as I always say, one day and door at a time. God knows each and every step I take and has had my life planned since the beginning of time. The one thing I can tell you is that this has not been an easy decision for me. I had a lot of options and I knew God would be behind me whatever I chose, but I know this will be best for me.

I feel this school will complete what God has started in me in Zimbabwe. I experienced a lot of deliverance from things in my past that have held me back from really walking toward what God has for me. He showed me things inside of me that I needed to confess and move out of my way in order to reach for the goal He has called me towards. I now feel like I am beginning to know who I am in the Lord. I think that by attending this school, it will help me be stronger and more confident in the spiritual gifts God has given me...as well as in myself. I will be more empowered and equipped to go back to the mission field.

"Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked." Psalm 82:3-4
This will always be my purpose. I will never lose sight of it. It is what God has called me to and what I will always be working for. I'm a missionary. That is who I am. No matter where it takes me or what I do....I'm a missionary. I just think God wants to make me better before I continue in that call.

Thank you for all the continued support I have been receiving. I am continuing my monthly support pledges, so if you are feeling God's leading to continue to support me, you can send any checks to my student account at the school. All the information you need is in the box below my profile picture to your right. This money will go towards the missions trip I will take at the end of my training...probably in April 2010. I know you have all been praying for me too. I can't thank you enough for that. I know that in my hard times in Zim, God laid me on your heart and you prayed. Those prayers are what got me through and for that I couldn't love you more.

I will be continuing to update this blog during my training program so you will all know what God is doing in me. I am so excited to continue my journey...I just need to embrace the process.

Much Love, Gina :)