Forewarning this post maybe long, but I promise you need
to read it in order to know what the ‘next step’ is for our family J
Before
Kevin and I got married, before we were engaged, even before dating separately
Kevin and I both felt God leading us to live a life different than the
‘American Dream’… if that even exist any more. Now don’t get me wrong; we
wanted kids and a home with that nice white picket fence, but we never foresaw
the ‘American job’ that brought in the $$$ in order for us to live the life
that America portrays. We have never had the same values for ourselves or for
our kids. Just to be blunt, Kevin never saw himself living in America. I have
always pictured my husband as a hitch hiker…. A very successful hitch hiker at
that.
So, where is this
going?
Once
Kevin and I were married and both of us graduated college we planned to leave within
the next 3 years to work overseas on the mission field. Well here we are 7
years, 3 kids, 1 dog, 1 cat, 1 rabbit, and 2 fish, 3 frogs, and many earthworms
later saying the time has come.
‘OH MY GOSH they are moving
OVERSEAS’, you say
Nope guess again.
For about 2 years now Kevin and I have felt
our family, our lives, and the path we were on changing. There have been many
times that we thought, “oh this is what God is doing,” and quickly we would
find out, no there was something else. Through much prayer, toward the end of
summer Kevin and I applied to work with a mission organization PIONEERS, in
Orlando, Florida. This is a mission organization that we have both traveled
with overseas and that we have come to know and love. This ministry has over
2,000 missionaries all over the world.
So, get to the point…
OK, here it is our family is moving to
Florida to work as missionaries.
Missionaries in
Florida... what?
Let me explain. I, Rebecca, have signed on to
work with Pioneers nonprofit ministry, Latitudes. Latitudes is in 19 countries
around the world helping women and children by bringing them out of tragic
situations such as trafficking, slavery, and working with women who have HIV, women who
are widows etc. By helping these women we are able to portray the love of
Christ and we are able to give them ‘Hope’. By working state side I get the awesome
opportunity to help promote Latitudes and the beautiful
handcrafted pieces these women make. Kevin will be working in the Mobilization
department and taking on a leadership role in recruitment for short term
programs as well as long term missionaries.
“Oh my! This is exciting.
How do I find out more?”
Great question! First, this blog is one of the
best ways to stay connected secondly; we have created for safety reasons a private FB page that
we will constantly update. Later this week we will be inviting you our friends and family to 'Join/ Accept' us on the FB page. If for some odd reason you don’t get an invite contact
us so that we can make sure you are a part of it.
“Oh, I am just so excited for you. Is there something I can
do to help yall…?”
I love these
questions. There is a lot you can do. First, we need Prayer and lots of it… I
mean 24 hour, 7 days a week prayer would be great J Seriously, we would love for
all of you to partner with us in prayer. One of the best ways to know what our
specific prayer needs are is by joining our email list. If you are not already part of the list please contact us and we will add you. Secondly, you can
partner with us financially. One of the joys, and I truly do mean JOYS, working
with a mission organization is placing your trust in the Lord with everything
and that includes finances. Kevin and I are looking for families, single
people, churches, and business that are willing to partner with us by helping
provided for our family on a monthly basis.
“So when do yall start?”
As soon as you start!! In order for us to function in these
new roles we have to be 100% prayer and fund supported. If you would like to
start supporting this mission monthly please write your tax deductible check to
Pioneers. In the memo write ‘101431 Woolsey Family’. Please send your check to
Pioneers 101 William Carey Dr. Orlando, FL 32832-6931. You can also give online
at https://webapps.pioneers.org/DP/Give/giftinformation?name=&AccountID=&amount=
Make sure you put ‘101431’ in the Missionary Account/Project
Line and ‘Kevin and Rebecca Woolsey’ next to Name.
Our family will be traveling during the months of January,
February, and March. If you would like us to visit you, your church, and/ or your business contact us ASAP so that
we can get you on the calendar. No place is too far!!! We would love to visit
all of you and to tell you more about what God is doing.
.... Read, Pray, Listen, Worship
