No longer a missionary kid
Missionaries Kirk and Yolanda Rogers have ministered among the Landuma people of Guinea since 1991, the year their youngest son Colton was born.
Colton will graduate from high school in May and his parents would like to accompany him back to the USA to help him in this important transition. However their co-workers in the Landuma ministry, Jim and Carol Sheffield, will be on home assignment this next year. Kirk and Yolanda do not want to leave the Landumas without missionaries so decided they should wait a year to take Colton back to the USA.
"Colton is willing to stick around here with us for another year," wrote Kirk. "But the question remained, what would he do for that time? He was willing to be a help to the field in whatever way he can. But it wasn't till just recently that we discovered what we believe God wants him to do."
The school for missionary children has needed an administrative assistant to the principal for a long time. Brian Dentler, the principal of the school, has been teaching full time, carrying out his duties as principal and doing all the administrative work also.
The missionary school teachers were praying fervently for an assistant and Colton was looking for a way he could help out. Brian has already started to train Colton to take over the administrative duties.
That ministry is only part-time so Colton is also learning to manage the mission center computer network.
"We are very pleased at how the Lord has answered our prayers for Colton," Kirk wrote, "We believe this will be great work and ministry experience for him, and a blessing to the whole field."
Pray for Colton as he adjusts to the new challenges for the next year.
Colton will graduate from high school in May and his parents would like to accompany him back to the USA to help him in this important transition. However their co-workers in the Landuma ministry, Jim and Carol Sheffield, will be on home assignment this next year. Kirk and Yolanda do not want to leave the Landumas without missionaries so decided they should wait a year to take Colton back to the USA.
"Colton is willing to stick around here with us for another year," wrote Kirk. "But the question remained, what would he do for that time? He was willing to be a help to the field in whatever way he can. But it wasn't till just recently that we discovered what we believe God wants him to do."
The school for missionary children has needed an administrative assistant to the principal for a long time. Brian Dentler, the principal of the school, has been teaching full time, carrying out his duties as principal and doing all the administrative work also.
The missionary school teachers were praying fervently for an assistant and Colton was looking for a way he could help out. Brian has already started to train Colton to take over the administrative duties.
That ministry is only part-time so Colton is also learning to manage the mission center computer network.
"We are very pleased at how the Lord has answered our prayers for Colton," Kirk wrote, "We believe this will be great work and ministry experience for him, and a blessing to the whole field."
Pray for Colton as he adjusts to the new challenges for the next year.