I just got an e-mail from one of the current missionaries in Rwanda. He was answering some of our questions about life and ministry in Rwanda. I'm excited. Really excited. I think I had an exclamation point at the end of every sentence in my reply to him.
So much of what they are doing is such a good fit for Luke and I. They have a training school for pastors. The pastors come to them for 3 weeks at a time, 4 times a year. They have 3 groups going at a time, so 36 weeks of the year has pastors there learning things like the basics of salvation, Bible study methods, etc. That is exactly the kind of setting that Luke would thrive in. He loves to teach, especially such worthwhile topics to such a worthwhile class.
But that's not what really excited me. One of the things they are doing is a children's ministry. That could mean any number of things, and I wasn't really sure what exactly they were doing with children. Here is the description I got, "Our children’s ministry is a ministry to the teachers of children. It is intended to help strengthen and train the teachers of children within churches. It primarily focuses on helping churches develop solid ministries to disciple kids." I have always said that although I love children, I much prefer working with people who are working with children. And that's exactly what they are doing!!!!!!!! AND, as if that's not exciting enough, that's what I've been doing for the past 2 1/2 years at our church. So I'm already getting great training and preparation for it! I don't yet know anything about what kind of help they need in that area of ministry, but if our church is any indication, I bet whoever is leading the ministry has a long list of "someday" projects that they never really find the time to do. So one more person working in that area can only strengthen it, right?
It's so hard to wait. I know that this process is long and the earliest we would really be able to get there would probably be 2 years or more. I hate hearing about the things happening there now, knowing that by the time we get there, the needs might be totally different. Why can't we just pick up and move there this summer after Luke is done with school? I know there are good reasons for all of the application process and support raising and everything else, it just seems so long!!!!!
But despite the ridiculous amount of time it takes to get there and my complete inability to be patient, I am excited. Super duper excited.
Well my dear if you end up moving to Rwanda I might have to come and visit you. That is definitely on my list of places that I would like to travel to.
ReplyDeleteWow, Jamie!!! Rwanda!? That'd be so awesome, though of course HTC would miss you so when you go! I know what you mean about the long wait... E and I are going to Ireland in June to check out ministry life there, which is super exciting, but we haven't even begun really delving in to the application / support-raising process, so we know it'll be a long while before we get there, if that's where God has for us to go. ::sigh:: Even so, what a wonderful thing to look forward to! You know, two years isn't really *that* long, in the grand scheme of things... :)
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I don't know you guys, but found your site through Carrie....I'm currenlty serving in South Africa, and there is always a need for teachers at the Bible College here...just a thought! :)
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