London City Mission

So, I graduated from USF this past May, and since then I’ve been praying about my next step. Do I get a job and settle into Sarasota life? Do I try for a job somewhere else, with a change of scenery?

I decided on something that’s been on my heart since I graduated high school: mission work. I’ve wanted to join some sort of missions program since I was 18, but my parents thought it’d be wise to go to college first. Now that I’m finished, I’d like to give my time to missions for a little while before I choose a career.

In May I applied for an 11-month mission work program at an organization called London City Mission (LCM), and in June I was accepted. The program runs from September 6, 2010, until July 23, 2011. This organization has been around for 175 years and is still faithfully serving the city of London through community outreach. There are different outreach centers around the city that work with youth, the homeless, the elderly, and with society’s marginalized. Other efforts involve church planting, sports ministry, and coffee shop ministry. I’m not sure which group I’ll be placed in yet, but I’ll be assisting an already-established missionary. LCM is big on people using their gifts for the advancement of God’s kingdom, so I may even use my creative writing degree.

I’m nervous yet excited to join this team because I know God is going to stretch me and take me out of my comfort zone. It’s going to be a lot of work, and I need all of the prayers, encouragement, and emotional support I can get. Send me a loving email once in a while if you think about it: srowe2@mail.usf.edu.

For more info on London City Mission, visit www.lcm.org.uk