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</html><description>Katie Isaza is a Covenant&#xA0;missionary living and serving in Colombia with her husband, Julio, and their two sons. What does a &#x201C;normal&#x201D; &#x201C;or &#x201C;typical&#x201D; week look like for us as we minister in Colombia? This is a great question that we are often asked. And my answer is often that there truly is no typical day or week. I imagine the same goes for other missionaries serving in other parts of the world&#x2013; every day, week, month, and year looks different. While I am generally a routine person, someone who likes consistency and a schedule, God has taught me to also enjoy the flexibility of change and contrast, to balance my desire for order with a willingness to be open to what is needed in the present. We do not have an office or a local church that we go to during the week to work. Discipleship, leadership development, mentoring, and theological education all take on different forms and happen in different places. Many times we work out of our home, hosting meetings or gatherings. We may attend meetings at some of the local Covenant churches or visit the local social ministries of the Covenant located throughout the city. This [&hellip;]</description><thumbnail_url>http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2019/02/IMG_0928-300x225.jpg</thumbnail_url></oembed>
