After Saying Yes
Have you ever wondered what the journey to the field is like after saying yes to serve? It’s full of God moments! Brittney Hoffman, a current recruit for Mexico, shared the following story:
This morning, I started my day meeting with the Mission Director of a local church. Their decision to partner with me was pretty much a “no” from the start. I was feeling discouraged because of all of the “no’s” lately, but I tried to remember the reassuring things I’ve felt the Lord say to me in prayer, as well as what I’ve heard from my support raising coach since attending Launch.
Right after my meeting I taught an ESL class, and this week’s lesson was a Bible story using words that make the J, N, W, and Y sounds. I hadn’t prepared for the lesson beforehand, so as the students were hearing the lesson for the first time, I was too. It was the story of Luke 5:1-11, where Peter had been fishing all night only to have empty nets. Jesus tells him to let down his nets again, and Peter said, “We worked all night and didn’t catch a thing, but if you say so…” He lowered the nets and raised them to find so many fish that the nets ripped!
I started crying in the middle of my class because I could feel the Lord speaking to my own discouraged heart that so easily wanted to give up after the first few empty catches. It was a beautiful moment, not only to praise the Lord for His faithfulness and providence, but also to share with my students a real application to the story we were reading. |