Dear Friends,
I wanted to start this blog so that you could follow me on the journey to which God has called me. I hope that this will be the start of an encouraging and loving relationship as we walk this road together. Prayer is so important to the work of God. Will you please be praying for me as I start preparing for Rift Valley Academy (RVA)? I will be raising support this year and hope to leave for Kenya in July of 2011. God has been so faithful to provide for me in times before, and I know that He will in His perfect timing now. I thank you for your friendship and love over the years. I pray you will be blessed to hear how God is using me and also you in this ministry.
For the last few years I have felt that God was calling me to full-time missions in Africa. I didn’t know how or where but kept praying. God has blessed me with the opportunity to be a part of several different short-term mission trips that seemed to grow the desire God had placed in my heart for the lost overseas and especially in Africa. When I was at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya, East Africa, I started talking to missionaries who serve there at the hospital. One of them told me that she thought I would make a great Dorm-Mom at RVA. I think I put that thought in the back of my mind and decided I would think about that later. I went to school for athletic training and love the medical side of serving people. I looked into different continuing education courses where I could expand my knowledge and maybe serve at a mission hospital somewhere using medicine. It seemed God kept closing doors to possible opportunities along that avenue of service so I kept praying. Sometime last fall God brought into my mind that conversation about RVA. I started looking into the school and found out that they were a support ministry of African Inland Mission (AIM). http://www.aimint.org/ So that is where I started my journey with AIM.
RVA, http://www.rva.org/ is a Christian boarding school that provides a place where missionary kids and nationals can get a quality education in a loving environment so that they can be prepared for the transition they will face when going back to their home-country for further education. RVA allows missionaries, who serve in difficult and often dangerous places all over Africa, to be effective in their personal ministries with the knowledge their children are being loved, nurtured, and taught according to Christ’s example. As a dorm-mom I will have about 18-20 high school girls. Dorm parents are expected to care for the physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs of the boarding students.
Please be praying for me as I prepare to go to Kenya. I know God has called me to this place and am excited to see how He will provide for me. God is so faithful. AIM requires its missionaries to be fully-funded before leaving for the field. I will need to raise about $2,000 pledged monthly support and about $11,500 going out expenses.
If you are interested in receiving updates by e-mail or prayer letters, please let me know by sending me your email address or mailing address. Also, if you feel led to be apart of this ministry financially, please let me know and I will give you the needed information. Thank you for your prayers, love, and support.
Serving with you,
Amy Jarrett
