Hello Everyone,
I finally secured a seat on an MFI (Missionary Flights International) plane, so I will be leaving from Fort Pierce, FL for Pignon, Haiti next Thursday, Jan. 28th and expect to arrive at HAFF by sometime that afternoon. I am currently still in the Miami area, and looking into heading up to the Fort Pierce area within the next couple days. Then, from that point until I fly out on the 28th, I hope to volunteer with MFI, helping out in whatever ways they need me (i.e. loading planes, helping in the office, etc.) (it seems that things there have been extremely hectic there since the earthquake, and so they are using many volunteers to help manage the increased workload and demands).
Thank you all so much for all your prayers and encouraging words. I hope that I will soon be able to send an update from Haiti with a better conception of what the next few months may look like. Currently, the length of my stay may be up in the air due to the recent change in circumstances and need, but I will update you all when there are any further, more certain developments in that regard.
As I will hopefully be heading up to Fort Pierce within the next couple days (specifically, MFI's address is 3170 Airmans Drive, Ft. Pierce, FL 34946), I am looking into hotel options for the week I will volunteer prior to flying out. But, if anyone knows of other options for lodging in the nearby area, please feel free to let me know!
I hope you are all doing well,
Jonathan
About Me
- Jonathan
- My two initial career goals in life were to be a geologist or carpenter. But then reality hit: I found that geology didn’t simply mean freelance rock collecting; and a carpenter working on our home decisively told me I didn’t want to work construction. Then in my early teens, my pastor suggested I consider being a pastor. I’d been meeting with him to discuss the Bible (having long barraged him and my ever-patient parents with all kinds of questions of faith), and I believe that in these times God was equipping me to walk alongside others with similar questions. Even though I was terrified of public speaking, my pastor’s words stuck with me. And over a long period with plenty of ups and downs, God continued to confirm this calling in my life. Now as pastor at New Hope Church, I am deeply grateful to be able to serve in this way. All Christians are called to serve as “ministers of reconciliation,” and I have the privilege of doing so as a pastor: pointing people to the reconciling work of God in Jesus. And even though I never ended up as geologist or carpenter, I still love collecting rocks and enjoy woodworking projects in my spare time. Perhaps the best of both worlds!
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