Missions Newsletter February 2022
Kendra
Church family,
I am so honored and humbled to be one of Redeemer’s newest global midterm missions partners. I feel immensely blessed for this opportunity to share with you what God has been doing in my life.
I became a Christian two and a half years ago while attending Redeemer in a very broken season of my life. I grew up in the church but never experienced true satisfaction only found in a personal relationship with Christ and the freedom in repentance of sin.
God has used our church in a vital way to help me understand and take obedient steps toward His calling of going overseas to the unreached. In the last few years the Lord has led me into leadership and discipleship roles within the church’s college ministry, short-term mission trips to Panama and the Dominican Republic, and several disciple-making groups. I felt very unqualified to be in these positions but the Lord has shown me a lot of grace in what He can do in and through us when we are willing to step into hard things.
I graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in May with a degree in Health Care Management where I was able to spend a lot of time with international students. I had the privilege of being surrounded with a thriving missions focused community of believers from all different churches and walks of life. I have been support raising since June and am currently at a cross-cultural training in North Carolina. I am planning to move to Tajikistan for two years in March, where I will be working as a business team leader in a medical clinic and building relationships with Tajik women. When I arrive I will spend the first 6 months attending language school and absorbing the culture.
Please lift up that the Lord would-
Sustain me through finishing support.
Guide me through transition.
Prepare hearts to receive the Truth.
In Christ,
Kendra
