Missions Conference 2011

The end of Missions Conference is here. The past few days, Wednesday the 5th I arrived here, till now have been devoted to training, and getting ready to go out to the field. The Missionary field. I am part of Missionary Interns, along with 19 others. We are going to 9 countries all over the world, and MANY people were impacted this next weekend to become part of the second generation of MI going out next January!

It has been awesome to see what God has been doing, and what He is going to do! The 20 of us will mostly be separate for the next two years, but when we come back together we will all just have so many stories to tell of God's faithfulness, His power, and all that He has been doing in our lives, and the lives of those around us! It is an exciting time, as well as humbling, and at times, maybe even nerve wracking, but it is SO exciting!

One of the highlights of this past weekend was seeing my friends from my Second Year at Word Of Life Bible Institute. I have known these friends for almost two years, even if we weren't close our first year, we can all still see each other and see how God has grown each and every one of us. This is encouraging because if I have grown at all these past two years, I KNOW that God will grow me more in the coming two years! I am so thankful for the friends God has blessed me with! They are here for life, and I am so thankful!

I will be posting more about Missions Conference, so stay tuned!

2011, already?!

Looking back, I realize that I have not updated since September.

A lot has been happening.

Since I got back home, my Pastor has had me going to Spur groups (a small group every other week after Church), I have been working at Tim Hortons, I have been taking online classes, and generally raising support. It has been a lot, but God is good and got me through!

Spur groups were awesome, come on, free food. I got to meet a lot of people, and I got some good experience on sharing my vision, and speaking in front of people. It was really hard at times, but again, I feel I learned a lot!

Tim Hortons has been great, crazy and fun at all times! I have run into tons of situations where I have had to have a lot of patience, and joyously serving people even when I didn't want to.

Online classes have been interesting. Harder than I originally thought, not being able to talk to the teachers or other students in person. You have to be highly motivated in order to get everything that needs to be done. One good thing that can be said is that you can finish classes whenever you like, not having a set schedule. Unfortunately, time can slip by faster than you think!

On top of Spur groups, God has blessed me with all kinds of different opportunities to tell people about what God is doing in my life. I am amazed to see who has supported me, and to see how much I have raised in the, truthfully, short amount of time. I never knew what to expect when I started this new journey in my life. But I always knew God would do what was best.

Which leads me to my next topic. Originally I had planned on going to Brazil this coming 14th of the month. However, God has had bigger plans, better ones than I could have expected, and I know that He is still in charge, which is just the way I want it!

I have been doing a lot support raising, letting people know what God is leading me to, but I don't think I did enough praying. I think that there is a lot that God will be teaching me these next coming months, and I am honestly excited!

I don't know when I will be going to Brazil, it really depends on support, and ultimately God's timing!

I promise to be updating more, and letting everyone know what is going on in my life, and how God has been working! So if you have ever wanted to support a missionary, now is a great time!

https://home.wol.org/giving/giveto/Hoagie+Hoagland+(0L0822)

God bless!

-andrew