Well our story is very similar to that of Peter and Andrew. God is calling Tony and I to come and follow him to Sosua, Dominican Republic. When God calls, we must answer. And just as the scriptures say in Luke 12:33-34, “Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”, we are selling everything, giving up the comforts we have in Hendersonville, TN, to go and serve those in need in the Dominican Republic. As my husband Tony has said, “We don’t have that many more years left on this earth and I can’t think of anything better to do with our time, than to serve the Lord.”
God planted a seed in my heart as a young child to serve him through missions. That seed began to take root 9 years ago when I went on my first mission trip to Rio de Janerio, Brazil. A couple of years ago God began to plant that seed in Tony’s heart and that desire has only grown stronger and stronger. Leslie and I went to the Dominican Republic this summer (June 2009) and it was on that trip that God gave Leslie a vision and passion for missions. God is an amazing God and there is nothing impossible with Him. If He can take a 15 year old girl who didn’t even want to go on a mission trip & transform her into a young woman who is ready to give up her last years of high school here in the States, all her friends, prom, all her stuff, and all the other things that go along with being a teenager, to move to a foreign country, learn to speak another language and give her life to serving Jesus; then that same God can take our measly possessions and all that we have to give to Him, and provide for us everything that we will need. Phil. 4:19, “And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.”
We have committed to serve our Lord Jesus Christ in Sosua, DR. We will serve alongside 4 other missionary families. Together we will oversee 4 schools, 3 churches, and a medical clinic. The organization that we will work for is called New Missions. We will also coordinate and organize mission teams that will come from all over the US. The New Missions web site will give you all the information about coming and serving with us on a short term mission trip.
Part of the requirements for us to be able to serve as missionaries for New Missions is that we must raise all of our own support. Its people just like you who make it possible for people like us to serve our Lord. Please contact me for more information on how you can help!
This is our story, but my question for you is, “What is your story?” God has a story for each one of us. As a Christian Life Coach, what I’ve found is that most people have not watered the seeds that God has planted in them. Are you one of those people? Is there something tucked down deep inside your heart that God is calling you to do? Contact Me! I would love to come alongside you in your own wondrous adventure. My Life Coaching services are just one of the many ways you can support our ministry. May the Lord direct your paths and guide you as you seek first his Kingdom!
My child, listen to what I say, and treasure my command. Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding. Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding. Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures. Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gain knowledge of God. For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding. He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity. He guards the paths of the just and protects those who are faithful to him. Proverbs 2:1-8
With wondrous adventure,
Melissa Luther
Christian Life Coach and Missionary to the Dominican Republic
I am so wxcited for yall I can't wait to seecwhat God is going to do!!! Love yall!!!!!
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