Thirteen years ago we started down a path not knowing where it would lead, but confident that we were being obedient to God’s call in our lives.  Some nine months later we were at Green Lake Conference Center in Wisconsin being commissioned to head to Nepal.  Within a few short weeks, that opportunity disappeared and we were left wondering what God had in store for us.  By the end of 2001 we had a new opportunity to head to Bulgaria, and in January of 2002 we landed in Sofia to begin what has been an incredible journey. 

When we are obedient to God’s call in our lives, we are not promised that all will go well and that we will never face trials.  But, we are promised that God will be faithful, and the times of blessing along the way are truly amazing. We pray that as we serve in Bulgaria we will in some small way be a blessing to those we meet.  We know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that we have been, and continue to be, blessed in ways too numerous to count.  Amazing and wonderful things happen when we are obedient to God’s call in our lives.

Two hundred years ago, Adoniram and Ann Judson were obedient to God’s call and millions have been blessed as a result.  As International ministries celebrates 200 years of sharing the Gospel, we ask each of you to consider what God is calling you to do.

During September and October American Baptist Churches focus their attention on the World Mission Offering.  The WMO supports the work of 109 long-term IM missionaries, and more than 1800 short-term missionaries and volunteers. Your gifts to the WMO are still important in supporting the work of International Ministries, and they allow us, and many others, to respond to God’s call.

“All the families on earth will be blessed through you.” — Genesis 12:3b (NLT)