{"id":903,"date":"2008-05-20T06:30:56","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T11:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pinkhairedgirl.net\/?p=903"},"modified":"2008-05-20T06:30:56","modified_gmt":"2008-05-20T11:30:56","slug":"filling-you-in-on-a-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/?p=903","title":{"rendered":"filling you in on a secret&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pinkhairedgirl.net\/wp-content\/logo.jpg\"><\/a> its been a while since i&#8217;ve written about it, but if you&#8217;ve been here for very long, you know that my heart is in South Africa and i am called to full-time missions. <strong>for a little over a year i&#8217;ve been prayerfully seeking God&#8217;s will and His timing for something to come together.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>i am not wanting to get ahead of myself, cause nothings final, but i suppose now is as good a time as any to tell you about what i am currently pursuing. you see, i have been in discussions with <a href=\"http:\/\/thriveafrica.org\">Thrive Africa<\/a>, an organization dedicated to &#8220;training up Godly leaders in South Africa&#8221; about a full-time position in South Africa. the position is as a <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/6k4afh\">graphic designer<\/a> that would oversee the design of school curriculum, brochures, tshirts and all kinds of fun stuff. in South Africa!<\/p>\n<p><strong>this would be a commitment of at least 3 years. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>while i still have to be selected and nothings final, after their preliminary questioning, they have officially asked me to begin the formal application process. this is sort of a big deal, because the process as a whole is fairly extensive and for them to be this interested in me &#8211; is very cool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>couple things:<\/strong> if chosen, they ask that i take a 2-month trip over there. for me to feel things out and for them to feel me out. my current employment is willing to work with me &#8211; in the event that it isn&#8217;t a good fit for me &#8211; i can return. something else that is like, &#8220;uh, okay God, You&#8217;re gonna have to do something BIG&#8221; is that this 3 year+ mission requires about $1300-$1500 a month in financial support &#8211; to keep me (ANY missionary) over there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>this is why i am filling you in now. this is gonna take a lot of prayer. and if it comes together, it is gonna take a lot of green.  <\/strong> ultimately God&#8217;s got this &#8211; so prayer is the most important.<\/strong> even prayer for right now as i am filling out and sending the formal application.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/crystalrenaud.com\/thrive.htm\">GO HERE<\/a><\/strong> to stay in the loop and join my support team. whether it is for prayer, financial or both, i would be grateful, if you were to sign up. (even if you have signed up in the past &#8211; please do so again &#8211; promise, last time).<\/p>\n<p>you rock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>its been a while since i&#8217;ve written about it, but if you&#8217;ve been here for very long, you know that my heart is in South Africa and i am called to full-time missions. for a little over a year i&#8217;ve been prayerfully seeking God&#8217;s will and His timing for something to come together. i am&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/?p=903\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">filling you in on a secret&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa-mission","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sherecovery.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}