Life As Missionary Appointees
Preparations
God, Take My Ugly
Today marks the first day of Project Wurschmidt Home Upfit. We have a long list of home repairs that need to be completed before we can put it on the market to rent while we are in Africa. Leo and I have been watching the house slowly fall into disrepair over the past few years […]
Time to Remember: Why We Are Going to Senegal
We are now sixteen months into having been appointed as full-time missionaries. A lot has happened in that time and we are getting closer to hopefully setting an anticipated departure date. As we continue to work toward the time when we leave everything we’ve known behind us to head toward the work we feel God is calling […]
American Idols
Part of our training this past summer at the Center for Intercultural Training (CIT) was a daily study called Heart of the Missionary through which we examined some core issues that are critical to personal discipleship and growth. One such topic was Idolatry. At first glance, I was tempted to brush this aside, thinking that I didn’t […]
God’s Breath
This morning I decided to take advantage of a rare occasion of no meetings or urgent responsibilities to go for a quick run after I dropped the kids at school. I started off strong with the wind in my face and a crispness to the air that added a spring to my step and the illusion that I […]
Summer Daze: CIT Style
July 6, 2014…with mixed feelings of excitement and nervousness and the car packed from floor to ceiling with what we would need for the next 7 weeks, we drove away from our home and headed to the Center for Intercultural Training (CIT) in the foothills of North Carolina. We weren’t sure what to expect but were eager to […]
Thrive or Just Survive?
Have you ever turned on the radio at exactly the right moment when a song is playing that speaks directly into your situation? It always amazes and thrills me when God orchestrates the pieces of life to fall into place perfectly. It was just such a day for me last week when I turned on […]
Easter Eggztravaganza
Our good friends, John and Rebecca Woodman, held the Easter Eggstravaganza for Michele and me to help us raise funds and provide exposure for our Senegal mission. We were very humbled by the huge turnout and the number of people that were interested in talking with us about what we will be doing. Cindy George […]
Vision Trip to Senegal – Part 2
This is the second part of Michele’s recap about our January vision trip. Here is the link to see part one of our Senegal vision trip. Greetings…Bonjour…Mbaldoo…Na nga def! It doesn’t take long in Senegal to realize how important it is to greet everyone, and I mean EVERYONE. You quickly learn how to say ‘Hello’ […]
Vision Trip to Senegal – Part 1
The last several months have been a whirlwind of activity as we made it through the holidays, Asher’s birthday, our vision trip to Senegal, jet lag, Charlotte’s winter blast of 2014, and the stomach flu! Many of you have asked for details on our trip to Africa, which we gladly want to share! We don’t […]
Asher Shares About Senegal
On Sunday, March 16, 2014, Asher had the opportunity to share with the kids at Forest Hill Ballantyne about what it means to him to move to Africa, on being a missionary, and about our recent trip to Senegal. Jenny Schmitt, Director of Kids@FHC at Forest Hill Church-Ballantyne, showed a video they had filmed with […]