Not Resigned

Well, I heard from one of my NTM coordinators yesterday morning. She called to let me know that there was a “huge mistake” somewhere along the lines and that I am still on board to be a missionary with New Tribes. Praise God! She actually said that this happened to her shortly after she married her husband. God is faithful. As this situation among others has proven, His plans cannot be thwarted.

 Everything is on track for me to leave from LA on May 20. Then I will come back to LA on July 21, spend the night here, and fly home to Sacramento the next day. Please continue to pray that support comes in and that my heart is prepared to leave for PNG in less than a month!

Resigned?

I got a call from Dan Palmer (missions pastor at my home church) yesterday afternoon. He told me that Creekside’s support check came back to them that day with a letter from New Tribes Mission stating that I have resigned from the agency and will not be going on the trip. Ummm, what? I was totally surprised and thrown off. Dan was calling to make sure that the information he received was correct, but as far as my knowledge goes, this is not correct. I have not been contacted at all concerning this. So by Dan’s advice (and any amount of common sense), I contacted my coordinators at NTM, leaving a message of concern.

In the meantime, please contact me if this has happened to you as well: wrightka@masters.edu. Please forgive this occurrence, and know that we are working on solving the situation. I will keep you updated as I learn more.

God has been teaching me this year about His goodness–no matter what goes on in our lives. Whether I graduate college, Carly carries the baby full-term, my sister gets a surgery date–or not–God is still good. He is faithful despite our faithlessness, and He is mighty despite our frailty. This is what truly matters. Eric (I think it was Eric) reminded us at Bible study on Sunday that nothing comes as a surprise to God. This event is not throwing God off. He has a greater plan and purpose. May this time of waiting be a fulfillment of that, as we all learn to grow and abide more fully in Him.

Why Papua New Guinea?

Hello, friends. Well, I never thought I would become a blogger in the first place, but now I have two blogs! I started the first one (http://misskwright.blogspot.com) upon the advisement of Dr. Tatlock. He suggested that I blog in order to keep people updated on missions status in my life. After much thought, I did. And the first blog went well. In fact, it’s still going well. But I have been using it for regular blogging. I guess I just have profound things to say that the world should know. Yea, right. I really don’t know why I have the other blog since my personal life has taken over the PNG part of it. I’ll have to write more about that on the other one.

But for the time being, I want to dedicate this blog solely to PNG and what is going on there. I have applied to New Tribes Mission for their summer Interface program, and I got in. I will be in PNG for as long as the visa allows, which is a grand 58 days total. After the first part at Interface, I will either remain on base at Wewak or live with a career missionary family in the tribes. This is still in the planning stages, so I will keep you updated as time allows. Please pray that my heart will be content in not knowing the definite plans for the trip once the first six weeks on base is over.

As for the rest of it, there will be more to follow. I will continue to post updates as they come to me as well as prayer requests. Thank you to all. May the Lord bless you richly for your service.