{"id":224,"date":"2014-08-12T10:08:40","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T15:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/psvoland\/?p=224"},"modified":"2014-08-12T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T15:21:10","slug":"our-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/psvoland\/2014\/08\/12\/our-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2014\/08\/02143777_4001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-236\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/122\/2014\/08\/02143777_4001-300x207.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our journey toward mission has been a process.\u00a0\u00a0After we graduated seminary, we anticipated pastoring a local American church. \u00a0When this door wasn&#8217;t opening, we began to think differently about how God might want to use us. While the time of waiting and discerning has been at times quite frustrating, we are so thankful to God for teaching us patience and giving us wisdom about the path we should take.\u00a0We have truly sensed God forming us spiritually and emotionally to prepare us for the task of reaching the German people with His love.<\/p>\n<p>In spring of 2014, we traveled to Germany to meet our colleagues. We\u00a0were\u00a0commissioned\u00a0by our denomination\u00a0in\u00a0June 2014\u00a0and are now fully engaged in raising prayer and financial support.\u00a0\u00a0We hope to begin serving in the fall of 2015. We will be sure to keep you updated along the way with stories, prayer requests and appreciation. 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