When I was in college, I was a youth sponsor at Eastview Christian Church in Normal, IL. A youth sponsor was someone who basically hung out with the kids, participated in their worship service (as it was separate from the adults) and I led a small group with a few girls. Amy was in jr. high during this time and also attended ECC. Even though I didn't really know her during that time, our paths crossed.
It was this summer when us "midwesterners" met up again at MTI. It was an intense time for Brad and I, as we had just said good-bye to all we had known and loved and were in the final weeks before leaving for Vienna. It was a gift from God to reunite with Amy and meet her husband, Joe. We quickly bonded and shared memories of things we loved about the "midwest". She and Joe embraced our kids, helped watch them at MTI and have even written them since we have moved to Austria.
Now it is time for them to finish saying goodbye to those they love and board a plane on Saturday for New Zealand. Please join us in praying for their final sessions of goodbyes, their travel and of course that they would depend more and more on our Savior as they enter a new culture and begin a new chapter of their story.
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