wasteland theology

purge number two

Ok, so I'm off by one day. My apologies. I'm trying hard to uphold this commitment--bear with me. So I just got back from Ft. Worth yesterday. A bunch of friends and I had tickets to the Jimmy Eat World concert in Dallas on Friday night, but we were devastated to receive an email early in the day informing us that the concert had been cancelled and would be rescheduled shortly. Nevertheless, we had plans to be in the area all weekend for some team training so we headed up Friday anyway. We spent the weekend entrenched in hours of conversations about doctrinal issues and our vision for the Czech Republic. (Right about now, you might be asking yourself--isn't that kind of weird Jen, since you're not even officially on the team? Yes, it's a bit odd--but the team is sooo great about being inclusive, another girl, Christie Kerschbaum, and I both spent the weekend walking and talking like team members and it was great.) We also got to attend a fund-raising workshop hosted by Missions Resource Network which will hopefully prove to be very useful in the near future ;)
So where am I at with the team? This weekend was very affirming and the more I get to know the team, the more I love 'em! Like I said, I won't make a final decision until after I return from visiting in March, but if I had to put a number to it, I'd say I'm about 90% sure I'll join. Here are some concerns... leaving family for such a length of time (5-10 years), leaving familiar places and faces in general, making sure I'm equipped to be part of a mission team in general--and this team in particular, and of course--I want to feel as certain as possible that this is God's will for my life. I ask for your continued prayers (and promise the next post will be lighter!!). Blessings :)

posted by jen hale christy @ 8:30 PM