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Growing up as I did, the last thing I would ever have expected to do would be going out into the world to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ as a missionary, but I’m doing exactly that. I have an opportunity to participate in a program called Engage that will place me in Guadalajara, Mexico for a year. While in Guadalajara, I’m sharing the love of Christ with kids, teens, college students, and adults. Through campus ministry, community outreaches, children’s programs, teaching English, feeding programs, discipleship groups, local ministry training and assistance, and short-term missions, I hope to bring the light of Jesus Christ to an area in desperate need of hope.
While in Guadalajara, I am also taking online courses at Southwestern Assemblies of God University, working toward a Bachelors’ Degree in Theology, as well as being enrolled in Spanish classes at a university in Guadalajara. I am under the direction of Missionaries Steve and Amy Shoop, who started and run Engage and have amazing vision for God’s people world-wide. I have an incredible opportunity in front of me, and I so excited to see all the lives we can touch and change while here.
I left on September 1st for a year and I need both immediate funds to catch up and commitments for $750 each month I am here. There are other costs as well, such as insurance required by the Assemblies of God World Missions program and flights there and home. The total of $10,912.50 per year covers travel, room, board, my visa, and materials. I know it sounds like a lot, but I know this is God’s will for my life and that He will provide. He has opened doors for this to happen, and will continue to open more as we move forward. He wants to see lives changed, and so do I.
As much as this money is needed, I need prayer even more. Prayer that I would be safe, that lives would be changed, and that God would stretch me and guide me each day. I trust that you will all join me in prayer, but I know not all can contribute financially. If you would like to help, you can send checks made out to Stone Church (with my name in the memo line on the bottom left) to:
Stone Church
3303 Engelwood Ave.
Yakima, WA 98902
They will send you a receipt and your donation will be tax deductable.
I want to keep everyone updated on all we are doing in Guadalajara as much as possible, so I will be regularly posting pictures and journal entries onto my blog here at thewillem.com.
Thank you so much in advance and may God bless you richly.
Willem Jongejan