Big News! (no, we're not pregnant!)
This morning we received an email from Serving In Mission, Canada.
We have been accepted as Short Term Associates! That means we're "future" missionaries. All that stands between us and God knows where is a lot of prayer, a lot of learning, and support-raising!
That leaves us with the hard part... deciding where we will go!
Ethiopia is really high on the list... well, it's the only one on the list right now, as we can only communicate with one "field" at a time. But it looks like it could be the place for us. We are excited because the place, called Tikempt Ishet, is very remote and is serving the people medically in the way that Melanie has imagined being used. We've chatted with a previous "short-termer" who gave us a lot of insight into what the place would be like, who, while she was there, started working a bit with the youth of the area, playing sports and spending time with them, which Steve would love to continue!
We are waiting to hear a little bit more from the missionaries there in order to get a bit better sense of what they might see Steve's role being, but it looks very positive.
Here is a map of Ethiopia if you're interested.
(You won't find T.I. on any google map!)
We will go through an orientation week in April in Saskatchewan and from there will work towards raising our prayer and financial support. We have no idea how long it's going to take before we're in the "field" (maybe two months, maybe 7!)
Just wanted to let you know the exciting news! Please pray for us as we work out where God desires us to be.
Thanks for reading!
Steve and Melanie
