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July Newsletter

SHANNON’S CORNER
July 2018

Intern weekend in Jarabacoa
This summer has been busy, challenging, and good.  I learned a lot through our interns and the various things God has been teaching them these six weeks.

I was travelling to Monte Plata about three hours away to see two of our interns serving there and it rained the whole way to Monte Plata.  In fact, I believe I was headed into the storms because the further I travelled the more rain there was.  There was so much rain that day that it caused some flooding in Santo Domingo. Usually, when it rains when I’m driving I can have a negative mindset about the rain as it sometimes can make me tired.  But one of our interns shared with me her concept of rain, and how the rain is a cleansing reminder from God and the rain brings her peace.  So as I am travelling that is what I recalled and driving in the rain reminded me of God cleansing the air and our earth just like the blood of Jesus cleanses us and makes us pure and holy before the Lord.

I have really enjoyed the Bible studies on knowing God – faithfulness, creator, holiness, and redeemer with the majority of our interns.  How these aspects of God are seen in our lives, our ministries, and even in creation.  Understanding God helps us to understand more of the world in which we live and minister as well as understanding more of ourselves as we are made in His image.

This past month has been challenging in having my car in the garage for almost 3 weeks.  It was not
Sunday School Class
a major issue, Praise the Lord!  But it took time for the mechanic to figure out the issue and to get the part to fix it.  It needed a sensor to be replaced.  I am very grateful for all the various vehicles I had been given to use while my car was in the garage.  I drove four or five different vehicles while my car was in the garage.  Another challenge for me was teaching the six to nine year old Sunday School class the month of July.  This is a new age group for me and I had between eight to 14 kids. The Sunday School material I was given, the concepts are a little old for this age group so it takes some time to figure out how to bring the concept to this age group.  I also have a few in the class who let’s just say need a little bit more lovin’.

The end of the summer program we had a debrief retreat for our interns at the beach on the North Coast. It is time for them to come back together as a group, time to have one-on-one exit interview with Vic, Leslie, and myself, some group time, and some fun and relaxing time prior to heading back to the USA.  I really enjoyed being able to spend time with all the interns together as a group and continuing to hear how God had worked in them and through them this summer as they shared their stories and processed their summer with us.  Many of our interns are already thinking about either coming back as a summer intern or coming on a team.  Some even feel called to serve God one day in full-time missions.  How exciting to see their passion for the Lord and wanting to be used by God.  

Sunday morning I had the privilege to lead the group devotions and shared on God is good. Good is enough.  Now that they have tasted the Lord and know that he is good this summer how does that look for when they go back to the USA.  It was just a sweet time of being in God’s Word together for one last time as a group.  


“Taste and see that the LORD is good…”
Psalm 34:8

PRAYER REQUESTS
Praise the Lord for our summer program being a success!
Praise the Lordfor safety and protection as I travelled around the country!
Praise the Lordfor the blessings I received through our interns!
Pray for our interns as they re-enter the USA – smooth transitions.
Prayfor wisdom and discernment.
Prayfor our missionaries who are on furlough this summer.
Prayfor direction and guidance in how God wants me to serve our missionaries here.

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