We have some big news...We have been praying about our next step (aka, Lane's job) after he finishes his job directing a missions training school at our church this coming fall. Long story short, Lane is really interested in using his law background to help the poor and oppressed around the world. About 2 years ago he learned about a huge Christian human-rights organization called International Justice Mission (www.IJM.org) and has been stirred by their cause ever since.
So in this spring Lane applied to do a one-year fellowship with them overseas to be a lawyer and help rescue women & children from human trafficking, brothels, abuse cases, etc. We talked to our parents about the idea over Easter weekend in April. Since then, Lane got an offer and we accepted! Now we are beginning the process to prepare to go. So, where and when you ask? He got accepted to work in the Kenya office starting this August/September 2009....so that means in about 4 months we are planning to move overseas to Africa for a year. We have prayed a lot about this and feel like this is where God is calling us for the next step in our life. The plan now is to do fund raising, rent our house and just store our stuff for a year.
Thanks for walking with us in this new journey. I'll keep you posted!
If you want more info about this or want to talk about it, please email me at annamears01@yahoo.com. Also, this is an unpaid volunteer position so we are in the process of fund raising for our living costs for a year. If you are interesting in donating, go directly to the IJM website at http://www.ijm.org/getinvolved/internshipsupport and choose Lane Mears from the list of Intern/Fellows. All gifts are tax-deductible. Thanks!
So in this spring Lane applied to do a one-year fellowship with them overseas to be a lawyer and help rescue women & children from human trafficking, brothels, abuse cases, etc. We talked to our parents about the idea over Easter weekend in April. Since then, Lane got an offer and we accepted! Now we are beginning the process to prepare to go. So, where and when you ask? He got accepted to work in the Kenya office starting this August/September 2009....so that means in about 4 months we are planning to move overseas to Africa for a year. We have prayed a lot about this and feel like this is where God is calling us for the next step in our life. The plan now is to do fund raising, rent our house and just store our stuff for a year.
Thanks for walking with us in this new journey. I'll keep you posted!
If you want more info about this or want to talk about it, please email me at annamears01@yahoo.com. Also, this is an unpaid volunteer position so we are in the process of fund raising for our living costs for a year. If you are interesting in donating, go directly to the IJM website at http://www.ijm.org/getinvolved/internshipsupport and choose Lane Mears from the list of Intern/Fellows. All gifts are tax-deductible. Thanks!
Blessings,
Anna
