1.0Serve Globally Bloghttp://blogs.covchurch.org/servegloballyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="y1pDE0KNit"><a href="http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2014/02/12/thank-you-jo-ellen/">Thank You Jo Ellen!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2014/02/12/thank-you-jo-ellen/embed/#?secret=y1pDE0KNit" width="600" height="338" title="“Thank You Jo Ellen!” — Serve Globally Blog" data-secret="y1pDE0KNit" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> In December 2013, Covenant World Mission welcomed Jo Ellen Reaves back to the United States after 14 years of serving as a project missionary in Oaxaca, Mexico. Through the prayers and financial support of our partners in mission, Jo Ellen served with the Covenant Church of Mexico in Christian formation and discipleship, community development, local Covenant church mission trip facilitation, and a variety of ministries of compassion.     The Covenant’s Executive Minister of World Mission, Curt Peterson, acknowledges that “we are deeply grateful for Jo Ellen and her years of ministry in Mexico. Many lives were impacted by the love of Christ through her gifts, her compassion and her witness. Jo Ellen is a faithful, humble servant of Christ.”   Please continue to pray for Jo Ellen as she transitions back to life in the States and spends the next year visiting her supporters, thanking them for their years of faithful support and sharing what God has done and continues to do in Mexico. Read this excerpt from her letter:   Someone recently sent me this quote from St. Gregory: “When we are linked by the power of prayer, we hold each other’s hand as it were”. I have felt […]http://blogs.covchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2014/02/Jo-Ellen-retirement-2-300x286.jpg