This question is something that usually comes twice in a person's life. The first time I loved being asked because I knew I was coming here to Gardner Webb and I had my future all planned out. Here I am 5 years later not having gone down the path I was originally going to and I am being asked this question again. This time I am not so much a fan of it. I am trying to pray fervently about it but I honestly have no idea what I am going to do. I am waiting on God to give me some direction and maybe a gentle nudge in a certain direction.
I came to Gardner Webb with intentions on becoming a nurse, and after my childhood it seemed the only logical thing to do. I was going to change the world one sick person at a time. I was a nursing major for two years and after getting really sick and pretty far behind my second year I felt God telling me it was time to change my major. I became an American Sign Language major with a minor in interpreting. I had been signing for many years before I even came to college and had already gotten pretty involved with that community here on campus. This seemed like the next logical path to go down. I started down this path not knowing where it would lead but I always knew, even before coming to college, my heart was to work with the Deaf. I loved their language, culture, everything.
The summer of 2007 before I came to college I went on a youth trip called LIFE. It's a trip the Christian and Missionary Alliance (the denomination I grew up in) went on every 3 years in a different big city all over the US. During the 2004 trip, in Phoenix, Arizona I really felt God calling me to missions but I told Him no... bad life decision. I was really fortunate that I could go on this trip again and this time, after having learned my lesson the first time, I said yes. I still very much feel this call on my life but this time I don't know what the next step will be. I am trying to pray and see if God wants me to stay in the Boiling Springs area and be a part of the discipleship home or if I should go get some work experience interpreting or what I should do. No matter where I end up going on the missions field I want to work with the Deaf because they are one of the most unreached people groups all over the world.
If you can't tell, God is teaching me patience right now but more importantly he is teaching me to seek Him and His will for my life. In saying all of this please pray that where ever God decides to lead me I will follow and do so with a I do so with humility and submission because He knows what is best for me.
I am sorry it has been so long since I have updated but that is what is currently going on in my life. Other than that I am taking 18 hours this semester and part of that is my internship which I love because it is interpreting. I am getting ready and raising funds to go on a missions trip to Honduras with a group from GWU during Spring Break to work with the Deaf at New Life Deaf Ministry in Tegucigalpa (the capital).
Blessings to all,
Rebecca
Verse(s) of the Day: Philippians 4: 6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
