Querida fam\u00edlia ADRA,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How long have you been under a \u201cshelter-in-place\u201d order? For us, it\u2019s been about one month. One month of working from home, one month of wondering when we\u2019ll see our friends and family again, one month of praying over the trips we\u2019ve had to postpone at ADRA Connections, ADRA\u2019s short-term volunteer branch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although this month has been full of\nwaiting and uncertainty, there are pockets of hope and blessing all around us.\nPollution and greenhouse gas emissions have fallen across continents as\ncountries try to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. In Venice, the\nfamous canals are so clear residents report seeing fish! In New York City,\nlevels of pollution have decreased by nearly 50% due to measures to contain the\nvirus. All over the world, the daily rush has stopped, families are gathering\ntogether for dinner once again, and baking is a new favorite pastime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In these moments of hope, we see God\nat work. When we wait faithfully on the LORD and take time to listen, big\nthings can happen. Cassie, ADRA Connections coordinator, experienced God\u2019s\nleading when she graduated from Andrews University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs a recent college graduate, I was\nstill uncertain about what the future might hold for me. Like most business\nmajors, I had spent much of my final spring semester applying for jobs,\ntightening up my resume and networking with affiliates for companies I was\ninterested in joining. I had put a lot of faith and hope in what God would lead\nme to do, but I was nervous and wondered if I had heard Him correctly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn choosing a possible career with\nADRA, I turned down a prestigious opportunity to work for a banking software\ncompany in downtown Chicago. I hadn\u2019t even officially heard back about whether\nADRA was offering me the job, but one morning I remember waking up and feeling\nunusually collected about the decision, despite being completely on the fence\njust the night before. A few days later, I received the offer letter for the\nposition to help run the ADRA Connections program. It appeared I hadn\u2019t\nmisheard the call after all. Two weeks after I moved from Michigan to Maryland\nand started working full-time, I left for my first two-week ADRA Connections\ntrip to Manaus, the Amazonian region of Brazil. Together with nearly 200 youth\nfrom schools around the U.S. and Brazil, we successfully finished the\nconstruction of a school campus in the middle of the rainforest. For me, this\ntrip meant much more than I could have imagined. Not only was I able to see my\nown hope of a good career come to fruition, but alongside others I was able to\nhelp bring the hope of a better education to children in another part of the\nworld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was nearly two years ago that I\naccepted the call to join the ADRA Connections program and help shape the way\nvolunteers serve alongside ADRA; connecting passionate, mission-minded people\nto the field work we do globally. It\u2019s truly amazing where God will send you\nwhen you put your faith and hope in His perfect timing and allow Him to lead\nthe way\u2014even if that means to the Amazon jungle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God is always speaking, but we don\u2019t\nalways have time to listen. Now that the world is a little quieter, take this\ntime to ask for God\u2019s leading in your life, and listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.\u201d <\/em><\/p>Jeremiah 29:11<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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