{"id":878,"date":"2014-02-12T12:15:32","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T17:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/worldmission\/?p=878"},"modified":"2014-02-14T12:08:04","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T17:08:04","slug":"thank-you-jo-ellen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2014\/02\/12\/thank-you-jo-ellen\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You Jo Ellen!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;color: #888888\">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\u00a0with 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-879\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-879\" alt=\"Curt Peterson handing a plaque to Jo Ellen at Midwinter.\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/02\/Jo-Ellen-retirement-2-300x286.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/02\/Jo-Ellen-retirement-2-300x286.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/02\/Jo-Ellen-retirement-2-1024x978.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2014\/02\/Jo-Ellen-retirement-2.jpg 1628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/span> <span style=\"color: #888888\">Curt Peterson handing a plaque to Jo Ellen at Midwinter.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;color: #888888\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;color: #888888\">The Covenant\u2019s Executive Minister of World Mission, Curt Peterson, acknowledges that \u201cwe 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;color: #888888\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;color: #888888\">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:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888\"><b><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888\"><i><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Someone recently sent me this quote from St. Gregory: \u201cWhen we are linked by the power of prayer, we hold each other\u2019s hand as it were&#8221;. I have felt your prayers and appreciated your financial support as I have served in Mexico.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888\"><i><span style=\"font-size: medium\">I have seen God at work every day in Mexico and I have every confidence that I will continue to experience God\u2019s hand in my life and in the lives of those around me as I enter into this new phase of my life.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888\"><i><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Thanks to you my needs have been supplied.\u00a0\u00a0However, the ministries that I have been involved in still have needs and there are other Covenant missionaries in Mexico and around the world who still need support. If you would like to continue to be involved in what God is doing through the Covenant here in Mexico or elsewhere in the world, Covenant World Mission can help you through the discernment process.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888\"><i><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0Lamentations 3: 22-23.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888\"><i><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Blessings and peace to you<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888\"><i><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Jo Ellen<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">If you would like to enter the Covenant missionary discernment process or support missionaries through prayer and financial giving, click\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/mission\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #888888;font-size: medium\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0to learn more!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=878&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u00a0with 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. \u00a0 \u00a0 The Covenant\u2019s Executive Minister of World Mission, Curt Peterson, acknowledges that \u201cwe 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.\u201d \u00a0 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. 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