Last week, as most of you know, I was in Dallas at Wycliffe's TOTAL it up - which is a Taste Of Translation and Linguistics. I want to be careful not to offend anyone on here - especially my friends at Wycliffe - so please don't take this the wrong way!
While the conference at Wycliffe was good and I now have a better appreciation for translators - I don't believe translation is for me. The closest thing to what I feel called to do that they had was Scripture use. While I could go with that... I don't feel like that's it. Now, I will continue to keep my heart and mind open to what God has for me. I know my place is in missions, evangelism, & church growth/planting. I have a strong feeling that my place is more with the local church than it is with an organization like Wycliffe. However, if God tells me otherwise.... I'm there, no questions asked. I mean that with my whole heart. No matter what God had in store for me, even if it's not exactly what I have in mind - I'll do it.
Linguistics has always been something fun for me - but I don't think I ever really got a taste of the pure mathematical part of it... and those of you who know me, know that I'm not much of a math person.... at all. So that part of the conference... was not really my cup of tea. However, I LOVED hearing all the different stories and such that all the missionaries had to tell. That was great. I loved hearing that the Word of God was getting out there in people's native languages. This was a great thing. I have great respect for all of those who work with Wycliffe & the organization itself.
Most of you know I've been considering the IMB for awhile.... however, the big question is, will I get in when the time comes... and if not, where do I go from there? Honestly... I have no idea. All I know at this point is that transferring to Boyce was a great decision and that I'm meant to be here... after this? I have no idea. We'll see what God does. It could be IMB... it could even be Wycliffe. I don't know at this point.... but my heart is open.
I got back to Louisville Friday - and I jumped into a j-term [a semester class packed into 1 week]... and today is the last day of that J-term. This Monday I have a job interview [prayers please?] and the semester starts Tuesday! [MLK day we have off... or that's my understanding. If I'm wrong, someone tell me please!]
Pray for all of these things! If you have any prayer requests let me know. :)
