Cur Non? (Why not...)
Why do I want to go to Taiwan and teach English for a year?
It's simple.
And it's complicated.
The simple answer is I feel God is calling me to go, and I have answered. Yes. Where God has called me to go I will go, and there I will stay. Your people, will be my people... Ruth 1:16 Jessica Paraphrased.
For those who want a more complicated answer, it was the accumulation, the pinnacle of many things. I can't point a finger at one moment in time and say "This is when I knew going to Taiwan is for me." It was rather, a moment here, a seed planted in my heart here, a conversation, a passion ignited, and a desire to go....somewhere in Asia. The door opened up through IBLP ministries. I've worked with IBLP before, when I went to Russia, and it was a lovely three week experience, for a place that I've always had a love for, someday I might want to go back but that door hasn't opened up and I don't know if it ever will.
To be honest I don't know exactly WHAT to expect when I go to Taiwan, I've talked to several people, all with very different experiences and I have no idea what will be mine. All I know that is God has an amazing adventure in store for me, and I am here for whatever comes my way. For He know's the plans He has for me, plans for good and not of evil to give me an expected end. This is a journey I am thrilled to be taking...there are a lot of hurdles to jump before I "arrive" but so far, God has been more than faithful to fulfill my needs. He has seeded dreams in my heart I find hard to whisper and things I know that only He can and will fulfill.
However, back to why and how.
Years ago, when people were talking about bucket lists, I realized I had nothing like that. Nothing momentous in my life that I wanted to accomplish...just live. It popped into mind that I wanted to have travel the whole globe around....
I started getting the itch...the kind that makes you want to travel the world and see things several years later. My family will tell you that is unusual for homebody me.
God laid some super amazing friends in my way, all crazy about Asia. They got me hooked.
Unexpectedly I found a passion awakening in my heart that I had never known towards a people that had never really interested me, and I had no idea what to do with all of these things that were accumulating in my heart then....my dad brought up Taiwan.
My heart leaped inside of me...and playfully considered it...and said Yes.
This is only the beginning of the story...there is a lot more to come as each day passes...I keep seeing how He has been preparing me for this. It's incredible, He really is a Master Author.
Thanks for Listening,
Jessica
