There is so much swirling through my heart and mind right now. I am so grateful and humbled that I am getting to be a part of the International Mission Board. It is an organization truly seeking to glorfiy God. It is humbling to realize how well we are taken care of by the IMB. They provide for all of our material needs. The staff is so eager to help us and serve us, and working with them has been nothing but a pleasure.
More important than providing for our material needs, is the encouragment we have received in our personal walks with Christ. The atmosphere here in one that has enabled me to become closer to Christ. Since we arrived on the eleventh, the main emphasis has been on our personal discipleship and Christian walk. The sessions have focused on helping us grow spiritually. I was kind of worried about coming here for training because I knew that there would be many people much more spiritually mature than I am. When I feel intimadated and overhwhelmed in such a way, I shut down. That has not been the case here at all. On the contrary, I feel that I have grown leaps and bounds in such a short time. This is not a place of guilt and condemnation, but it is a place of enablement and empowerment. The staff helps us see how vital it is to meet with God daily, and they help us with the skills to follow through in that commitment.
I have also been humbled by the leadership here. As Ryan wrote earlier, Dr. Jerry Rankin, President of the IMB, served 23 years in Indonesia. Wow! It comforts me to know that the manleading us, has been where I will be. Beginnning Wednesday through today, Dr. Rankin taught from nine until noon on spiritual warfare. The sessions were very intense, butI believe it was a learning experience I will look back on numerous times in the future as Ryan and I serve in Peru. Satan seeks to devour us, but we have victory in Christ! Often times, I do not live a life of victory, but oh I want to!
Today my attitude is one of gratitude, thanksgiving, and humility…because of what the IMB represents and because God has allowed me to serve Him in this organization. Today, I desire to follow Christ with everything that I have. I want my life to be His.
Amanda
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