The Time Has Come
- Aug
- 06
- Posted by Missy
- Posted in Being a Missionary, Discipleship, Guatemala, Guatemala City, Language School, Missions School, Short Term Missions Team, York Christian Church
- 5

As some of you may remember I posted a blog back in August of last year about us leaving missions school early and not going to Guatemala. We had just found out at that time that the outreach trip part of our missions training was going to be postponed until we were in Guatemala and […]
read morePersecution
- Oct
- 04
- Posted by Dylan
- Posted in Adventure, Being a Missionary, Christianity, Faith, Fear, Missions School, Prayer, Spiritual Warfare
- 2

We have been learning about persecution and martyrdom this week in class. It has been quite interesting. I think the most eye opening part of it for me has been the realization that we generally don’t think about it or talk about it in most American Christian circles. Why? I believe it is mostly for […]
read moreCross Cultural Love
- Sep
- 24
- Posted by Dylan
- Posted in Being a Missionary, Christianity, Culture Shock, Language School, Life Changes, Missions School
- 3
This week we have been learning cross-cultural studies. I’m really grateful that we are taking time to learn these things because I don’t think the importance of understanding culture could be expressed enough. My senior project in college was a study on the effectiveness of foreign aid. Whether you are sharing the Gospel of Christ, […]
read moreLeaving school early and not going to Guatemala!!
- Aug
- 31
- Posted by Missy
- Posted in Guatemala, Language School, Missions School, Prayer
- 3

Ok, ok, I know that was a bit of a dramatic title but hey it got your attention and got you reading right? Yes, it’s true we are leaving school early and not going to Guatemala but don’t worry there is an explanation. 🙂 As most of you know the curriculum for this school included […]
read moreAdjustments and Perspectives
- Aug
- 12
- Posted by Missy
- Posted in Christianity, Faith, Homesickness, Life Changes, Missions School
- 8

As I wrote about in our last blog update this first month at SOM has been a great time of learning in the classroom. However, we are also being taught lessons outside of the classroom; specifically we are learning lessons on adjustment and perspective changes. There have been definite times of struggle but as ALWAYS […]
read moreOur First Month in SOM
- Jul
- 21
- Posted by Missy
- Posted in Being a Missionary, Life Changes, Missions School
- 8
As I sit down to write this blog I find myself thinking “I can’t believe we have only been here 1 month.” We thank God every day for the blessing of being able to attend this school. We are learning so much! Our teachers are all current long term missionaries or long term missionaries who are […]
read moreMissin’ Y’all :)
- Jul
- 01
- Posted by Dylan
- Posted in Adventure, Being a Missionary, Life Changes, Missions School
- 2

Well, this month has certainly been an adventure! We know that many of you, our friends and family have said, “wow, the time has come,” when we said we were in the process of packing our stuff and moving to Texas for our school. We certainly felt the same way! We want to thank once […]
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