My dear family, friends, and family friends,
There has been a
theme in my East Africa updates; I do well in keeping up with my blog for a
certain amount of time and then I putter out and write nothing for...well,
years. So I am writing you now to give a brief update since I left my year-long
assignment in Uganda, to thank you for supporting me in prayerful and financial
ways, and to give you some fun news!
After coming home,
I had a difficult time with adjustment, I was burnt out, dealt with mild
depression, and just had an apathetic attitude all around. It was a hard year
but I am so glad that I was loved through it by a God who relentlessly pursues
us all. I continue to learn that God is enough, and being content in all
circumstances is important albeit hard.
Now that I am “on my
feet” again in many ways, I have been accepted to join Africa Inland Mission
once again to be on a Focus Quest team from July 8th to August 10th this summer. Though
it is a short trip, I will be able to return to my current job at Arapahoe
Ridge Elementary and will continue paying off my student loans. My small team
will join a full-term Focus team in Kwale, Kenya (not far from the Indian Ocean
coast) who have been building relationships with the Digo people.
Here comes the support part of it! Because of
the overwhelming financial generosity from many of you that allowed me to be in
Uganda in 2014, I had a surplus of funds that I am able to use for this
upcoming trip. It has been an answer to prayer…the leftover funds and the
assignment in Kwale (where my heart has been since 2011 and it is not far from
my boyfriend). This assignment will allow me to look at another part of
international missions as we will be with an unreached people group. Having a
desire to look at being a long-term missionary in the future, this will serve
as part of my “searching”. Therefore, my request to you is for prayer. Prayer
overall is not my strength…at all, yet it is a big part of life as a follower
of Jesus. Not only will it encourage me to know people are thinking about me,
but it will allow you to be a part of this assignment. God commands us all to
be a part of building His kingdom for His glory and there are many ways to do
that. One of them is prayer. I ask you now to pray for my Quest team, the
current full-term team who will host us, and for the Digo people to experience
God in powerful ways.
There is a lot of
gratitude in my heart for all of you who read my letters/updates, who pray
for/with me, who has financially contributed, and who continues to be in my
life.
Many blessings (mungu awabariki sana),
Missy Barnett
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