Prayer letter!

Hey there! Wanted to put this up on the blog. I will be sending out hard-copies to many of you, but wanted this to be here in case you don't get to see and wanted to. :)

Dear Friends and Family, October 12, 2010

I want to start off by thanking you for your love and support over the years. Each of
you has been a blessing in my life. Your friendship and prayers mean so much to me. God has been working behind the scenes in my life this past year and is leading me into full-time missions. Mission service has been on my heart for a long time, and God has been making it clear that He has a new journey for me. I have been accepted to African Inland Mission (AIM) to serve at Kenya at Rift Valley Academy (RVA).

AIM’s mission statement is really important to me because its goal is to establish Christ-centered churches among all peoples of Africa. Since God has really placed a love for the African people in my heart, I feel this is a very important goal: that God’s Gospel would be shared with all peoples of Africa. People carry out this mission statement in many ways; one way is through support ministry, the area where I will be serving.

RVA is a Christian boarding school where missionaries from all over Africa send their children to receive the upper level education they can’t give them at home, while carrying out full-time ministry. These missionary kids (MKs) are given their needed education and at the same time are provided a place to prepare them for the transition after graduation to their country of citizenship where they may have spent very little time. While these kids are far away from their parents and homes, we want to pour out on them lots of love and support. I will be a dorm mom to high school-aged girls. I will be there to help give the girls a “home away from home” and support them.

Please be praying for me as I prepare to serve these girls. Please pray also for wisdom as I learn how I can best help them in this stage of their life. I think God has really blessed me with already having a shared experience with these girls. When our family went back and forth to Kenya, I had to leave a lot of my family and friends behind. Hmm, do you think maybe God was preparing me for such a time as this?

Right now I will continue working part-time with St. Vincent’s Sports Medicine as well as preparing for Kenya. I have many administrative issues like visas, permits, etc. to work out as well. I am taking some online Bible classes from Gordon-Cromwell, as well as reading books about how to best serve MKs. Lord-willing, I am going to leave in July, 2011.

God has been so faithful to provide for the financial aspect of His calling in the past, and I know He will continue to be faithful now. Will you pray with me that the needed funds will come in for
me to leave and set up a new home at RVA? AIM requires us to have $11,734 going-out funds. Also, since I will be fulfilling a two-year commitment for my initial term, I need to raise a monthly pledge support of $2,127.00 as well. If you feel led to assist in either of these two ways, you may send a check to my home address made out to African Inland Mission. Please do not write my name anywhere on the check, as that would hinder AIM’s ability to give you a tax-deductable receipt. Mail to: Amy Jarrett, 9906 E 200 South, Zionsville, IN 46077. AIM will then establish the mechanism for future support.

I am so excited to see how God provides and to take this step of faith towards where He is leading me. Thank you for being such a huge part of this ministry through your faithful prayers for me. I can’t tell you enough how important the role that “senders” play in God’s work for His Kingdom.

I have set up a blog online that you can follow for updates if you would like at http://ajarrett.blogspot.com/ . I will also start an email update. Please email me at
amyjarr@gmail.com if you are interested in joining my email team.

Serving with you,

Amy Jarrett