On a Missionary Journey: Answers

Friday, December 21, 2007

Answers

Many of you have been asking over the last few months when I am planning on leaving. I've been wondering the same thing. I finally have more of an answer than "I don't know for sure". I just received word from EMM this morning that I am officially approved to leave in January. The date is not completely finalized yet, but I will post that as well when I know it. I will also have a commissioning service/fellowship time on a Sunday morning in January at my church. We're working on finalizing that and more details will follow about that as well.
Blessings to all of you and may God bless your Christmas with His grace and love. Thank you for standing with me in this process.

Update: 12/23
I am planning on leaving on January 21, to get to Peru in time to process my residence paperwork in Lima with the other missionaries before I head to Cusco. I don't have plane tickets yet, but they should be coming soon, Lord willing.
My commissioning service is officially January 6 at 10 AM at Living Hope Community Church. A time of fellowship will follow the service in the church gym from 12:30-3 PM. All are invited for these events. More details will be in an email for those who are on my email list.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Bethany,
What a blessing it must be to finally have a date! I am so excited for you - you will be very busy preparing to leave, I am sure.
The students have been asking about you and where you will be for Christmas, etc. I am sure they will be excited to know when you are leaving. D.A. had mentioned that we should have a countdown for you once we know the date. I will have to start one for them when we go back to school!
Have a very blessed Christmas. You will be in my thoughts.

Carin; December 24, 2007 at 11:32 AM
Bethany said...: I miss you guys in there too. I am still working on the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle project and am hoping to be able to bring the rest of that in and visit probably sometime next week. It will be good to see all of you again. It makes me smile to think of them wanting to have a countdown. It does feel really good to finally have a date and know what time frame I'm working with.
Give my greetings to everyone. Blessings to you in this new year and I'm looking forward to seeing you again soon.
Bethany; January 2, 2008 at 8:53 AM

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More about PROMESA

PROMESA is the first bilingual Christian school in Cusco, Peru. It was begun by the Peruvian Mennonite Church, in cooperation with Eastern Mennonite Missions, in March of 2005. The school began with 11 kindergarten students and now contains about 250 students in grades K-8. Each year one grade will be added, through the end of high school.
The school is currently in its eighth school year. Some of the students come from the local Mennonite churches, while the other half come from other local churches and the community at large. Students come from a variety of socioeconomic situations and many receive scholarships to attend the school. The students come from both Latin American and Inca Indian cultural backgrounds. A few students also have English or American backgrounds.
The school day begins with a short devotional time for all the students. The students then spend the rest of their instructional day divided between Spanish and English instruction. Both Peruvians and Americans teach at the school.
If you would like more information not found here, please leave a comment or email me at betania129@yahoo.com

Just for fun: tips to the wise collected from the journey

After you get a vaccination, gently rub the injection site several times over the course of the day. Not only will this help the vaccine to circulate better, but it will also cut down on the amount of soreness you experience.

Don't cook chickpeas (garbanzo beans) for too long or they will get sweet. Strange, yes.

I am not a tourist. My aversion to being given this label is somewhat akin to Anne of Green Gables' aversion to being called Carrots.

Icing covers over a multitude of (baking) sins.

If your mixer has only one speed - recklessly fast - don´t use it to make whipped cream!

When cooking over a wood fire, rub mud on the outside of your cooking pot in order to keep it from turning black in the fire.

Support Information

I greatly value your prayer, financial and emotional support of this ministry in Peru.
If you would like to contribute financially to my ministry by check, please send your name, contact information, and check to:
Eastern Mennonite Missions
53 West Brandt Blvd.
PO Box 458
Salunga, PA 17538

If you would like to contribute by credit card online, please go to http://www.emm.org/donations/index.html and designate it for Bethany Geib.

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