God’s mission
We believe that to be a follower of Jesus is to be a missionary. God's blessed humanity by making us in God’s own image, and God’s mission is to bless all the families of the earth with the sort of life that manifests the blessing of God's presence. The mission is to reclaim God's image and reflect it to others.
So we all play a part. It’s just that right now we're getting to do this “full-time.” We're in Arequipa to share life, hope, and community with people. That's what we mean by “reflecting the image of God.” What’s exciting is that this can be done anywhere.
Making a living
Some people ask us: “How in the world can you plan to do that for ten years? How do you make a living?”
This is where we get to express our thanks for the diversity of roles within God’s mission, and ways to support it. There are two stateside churches—Cedar Lane Church (Tullahoma, TN) and Central Church (Little Rock, AR)—who have committed to sponsoring us for the long-term so that we can minister in Arequipa full-time. Both churches are dedicated to participating in God’s mission in their local setting. They’re also driven as a church to think and act globally, as God’s reign is breaking in across the globe.
This is what defines good, missional churches: an imagination committed to dreaming about God’s work globally and an unrelenting passion to act out God’s reign locally. We're honored to be an extension of the mission and ministry of these two groups.
Church of Christ at Cedar lane
“We’re simply a group of people who are trying to follow Jesus together. We share life together, worship together, and grow together, and try to keep our eyes open for ways we can serve our community and make the world a better place. There’s a lot of darkness and hurt in the world—we’re trying to be a community of light and healing. ”
The church of Christ at Cedar Lane meets in Tullahoma, TN. If you're ever in the area, we’d love for you to visit this awesome group of people!
Central Church of christ
“By the grace of God we are blessed to serve Central Arkansas where we are growing God’s kingdom one person at a time.”
The Central Church of Christ meets in downtown Little Rock, AR. They're an incredible group of people and we’d love for you to get to meet them if you're ever in the area.
Harding University Latin America
At the beginning of 2019 we started working as the directors for Harding University Latin America. Harding is our alma mater, we love it, and in particular love what the university does with its study abroad programs. It’s a dream and an honor for us to get to work with a group of Harding students every year in the spring semester. Harding now provides half of our salary. We still consider ourselves full-time missionaries, but now for three months of the year we live, teach, travel, and learn with a group of 20-40 students, sharing our lives and relationships and city and love for God’s mission with them.
