Shannon's Corner

    SHANNON’S CORNER November 2020 Equipping and Mentoring for optimal health  to do ministry that bears much fruit for the Kingdom of God… Do you remember when you were in elementary school and you would do fire drills so many times a year?  I remember in my elementary and high school years; we not only did fire drills but also tornado drills.  Years later as a nurse, I did these same drills as well as mock codes.  Why, you may ask, was this necessary?  It’s preparing us for when the real thing happens that we know what to do and not just freeze and panic.  Doing this, our bodies are programed as an automatic response when these specific situations occur.  Equipping is important just like practicing drills.  Why, you may ask?  So that the missionary will have the tools and skillsets needed for the various circumstances and situations he/she will face while ministering and living overseas. Dur...

    SHANNON’S CORNER October 2020 C aring for the wounded and brokenhearted… I felt like a ball that is out of control and on the course to emotional breakdown.  I was highly stressed, in high burnout and on the path leading towards depression.  I would sleep a good eight hours each night yet every morning I woke up exhausted.  Small things that people would say or do would irritate me to no end.  I felt disconnected from my family.  I felt guilty for being one more person in abandoning the kids at the children’s home.  I had no idea what the future looked like.  I felt purposelessness, unsettled, numb, confused, anxious, displaced, identity crisis, homeless and floundering spiritually. I later went to a Debrief and Renewal Retreat in Colorado that helped me to process my time in Peru.  It showed that I was not alone.  I felt a oneness with those present because we have suffered for Chris...

    SHANNON’S CORNER September 2020 I want to highlight the two organizations who are partnering with me to accomplish God’s purpose for my life.     I discovered Safe Place Ministry in 2017 in the Global Member Care Network Facebook group that I am a part of for member care.  And as I learned more about their ministry and the services they provide, we (my boss and I) invited them to come to the Dominican Republic in January of 2018 for them to get to know our ministry and our missionaries.  At the end of their stay, we asked Safe Place Ministry to partner with us in providing a third-party member care service and being able to use any resources they have for our missionaries.   It has been a beautiful partnership and a huge blessing to me as I have learned and grown as a member care provider.  Safe Place did a training on member care that four of my colleagues and myself received in April of 2018.  Learning etho...