Telephone interview

So today I had a telephone interview with a really really nice gal who works at Pioneers, which is that missions organization I'm leaning most towards. We were chatting and she asked how my family felt about me going overseas, and I mentioned that eventually I feel called to go to Morocco, she stopped me and asked if I speak Arabic and my obvious answer was no. Then she suggested I go to a place where there are muslim families that speak Arabic and get involved there. She looked online and found one place in New York City and one in Northern England. I would be able to work with children in both places as well as learn Arabic. Right now, the plan is to be in prayer about where God wants me to go. I felt for a while like it was Bolivia and that option is still on the table, but I'm thinking maybe these might be smarter options. The other thing I found out during our phone call today was about Pioneers orientation. Its 6 days long and in Orlando, so the plan is to go to the August orientation, Aug.1st-6th, so that I can have my financial situation a little more under control. Before I can begin to work with pioneers, I have to have all of my personal debt paid off, plus orientation costs 625 dollars, not including my flights to and from. So my goal for the summer is to get myself all taken care of.

In Christ,

Ali

ps. I'm so ridiculously excited! :)

New Road

Hey,

So this is just a quick update, I just wanted to let yall know that today I got in contact with my "missions coach" from rightnow.org and the site is all about connecting people who want to go with organizations that need people. She suggested I look into a couple of different organizations, but that she would give them my contact info. So when I checked my e-mail tonight, I had two e-mails from organizations. CAM international is an organization that works in a lot of Spanish speaking countries, so naturally they sent me an e-mail! :) and the other organization is called international teams and they send people to both Latin America as well as the middle east. I filled out mini questionnaires/profiles on both of their sites after checking them our you know making sure doctrine stuff matches etc.! I just thought I'd let everybody know cuz I'm super stoked, I feel like I'm finally getting the ball rolling! I'm still in prayer about timing and money issues, but I know the Lord will work it out however he deems necessary! Hope you have a wonderful day!

For His Glory,

Ali