Serving at Gospel for Asia

I first started serving with Gospel for Asia doing the 1 year intern discipleship program on January 26th, 2008. I served at the GFA US home office in Carrollton, TX, a suburb of Dallas. The picture above is of me in front of the office.

My first job at GFA was in the incoming call center. I took on average 50-70 calls a day. Can you imagine what all of those calls were about? We would receive calls from people needing prayer, people wanting to sponsor a missionary or child, someone wanting to make a donation to the ministry, someone having a question about GFA or whats going on in the mission field, etc...that is just to name a few of the calls I received. Serving in the call center was the one job I prayed and hoped for not getting. Well, you gotta be careful what you pray for? I know God answers prayers but he seemed to answer this one not according to my plans since He ended up putting me in the call center. Talking to people on the phone was a big fear I had and I DREADED DOING IT! But after being in the call center for a couple weeks and seeing how much grace that God, my trainer and GFA had on me I grew to love the call center. I became more and more comfortable with each call and I absoutely loved it and thanks God for giving me that opportunity. I was able to trust God more, my faith grew and I learned so much about GFA while being in the call center! God is good!

The picture above is of me with my fellow call center crew!

The second half of my year in the internship there was an urgent need for someone in the print room so I got moved into there and loved my job here as well. I printed different GFA material such as receipts, missionary updates, Bridge of Hope correspondance forms, appeals and just many other different letters and material.

The print room I was worked in was a part of a larger department known as the Fulfillment Center. This is me with the crew!

This is me with Uncle Butch. Butch and his wife Mary Lou were an awesome couple I got to know very well during my year in the internship at GFA. They are GFA volunteers from Oregon and they serve 6 months out of the year at GFA's home office in Texas. I love these guys!