
Rachel’s Story: Discover Your Way to Serve
Her name was Maria. God sent me across the ocean to pray for her—a girl who was sixteen just like me, but lived in a completely different world.
Her name was Maria. God sent me across the ocean to pray for her—a girl who was sixteen just like me, but lived in a completely different world.
When I was finishing my teaching program and starting the process of looking for teaching jobs I knew God was moving in my heart to teach oversees, but I had no idea where.
Watching and sending is one way of serving Christ. And then, there are times when being the supportive hands and feet becomes a God-guided reality.
What’s it like half-way around the world to teach for an Christian school, in the midst of diverse students and cultures?
Comfortable – that’s what you would call my career in the banking field, but God had other plans for me with that two letter command.
I was afraid that I did not know enough about Jesus, that I did not know His word and that I would turn people away rather than draw them to Him. How could I talk to people about a love that I was just learning about and allowing to change and shape my world?
By the end of this year, I’ll be serving overseas—all because God moved mountains to get me into missions.