its official!

I'm going to Poland!!!

I just signed the papers this week :) My job title is "Media Specialist". Basically, I will be doing photo, video, writing, etc. to provide content for 2 websites. One is info about the missionaries and team there, and the other an outreach website. I am so excited to be working with them! I will also be making and following relationships with those the Lord places in my path.

I had to tell work today, and I can't tell you how difficult that was. Working at the paper was the best first job I could have ever asked for - I work with great people who really helped shape who I have become as a photojournalist. The opportunities I've had here have been amazing and I will always remember some of them.

So, here are some dates and information about where I will be in the next few months...

My last day will probably be June 17. I will move back to High Point that Saturday and spend a little over a month with family and friends and taking care of odds and ends before I leave...such as storing furniture! Aside from a family beach trip, I will be traveling through parts of NC to see friends...let me know if you want to get together while I am home.

FPO (Field Personnel Orientation) begins in August (4th) at the International Learning Center - aka - ILC, which is located right outside of Richmond, VA. I will have 8 weeks of intensive training before I actually fly out to Poland in early October. 

If you would like more information, leave a post or email me at kaylinbowers@gmail.com. 

I can't wait to see what God has in store for the next 2 years of my life! He has been such a blessing to me so far and has guided my heart and my life in His path over the past few years, giving me a yearning to continue following Him. He has opened doors and closed doors in my life. I just love getting to run through them when a new one opens!

Exciting times ahead!

I have a big week ahead! I will be in Richmond for a few days. I will get a lot of much needed information, and hopefully a more definite timeline of events will be put into place. There are so many things going on in my life right now, and so many things that are yet to come. God shows His might through it all.

I pray God will help things to calm down and continue to work through everything going on around me. I pray I will have the focus to gather and retain all the information I will need to help make appropriate decisions. I pray that God will continue to work on my heart and prepare the way He will have me go.

God is good

He answers things in His own time, but it's always perfect timing.

waiting...

Sometimes waiting is hard. Its hard to be patient and not become anxious. When that happens, I start to pray, and God answers.

Psalm 131

My heart is not proud, O Lord,

my eyes are not haughty;

I do not concern myself with great matters

or things too wonderful for me.

But I have stilled and quieted my soul;

like a weaned child with its mother,

like a weaned child is my soul within me.

O Israel, put your hope in the Lord

both now and forevermore.