To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ,
For those of you who have never received a letter from us let me introduce ourselves. We are the Lee family from Fort Worth. My name is Michael and my wife’s name is Megan. We have three children; Jake who is eleven, Tess who is seven and Joy who is three. We have been called as a family into foreign missionary service and are currently in the process with the International Mission Board to become missionaries in Queretaro, Qureretaro, Mexico. We are scheduled to be appointed in Houston Texas on November 11th of this year, we leave for training January 20, 2009 and depart for a year of language training in Costa Rica mid April of 09.
I want to take this opportunity to share with you our calling to the mission field. In the Spring of 2000, God began to point me to missions. I was on a mission trip to Mexico a few weeks later when God confirmed my calling to the mission field. When I returned home from that trip, needless to say, I was excited. My wife did not share my sentiments. She felt like she had her hands full with what was on her plate at that time and shut out the idea of serving as a missionary.
A few years went by and much to her dismay, the call upon my heart had not quieted. As all of you know we have a God who is faithful to bring about His will. With that said, God convicted Megan to begin praying for a softening of her heart towards missions. “Lord”, she would reluctantly pray, “if missions are what you have for us, soften my heart and make me obedient to your call.” I bet you can guess what happened next. He answered her prayer. Within a few months we sold our house and moved to Fort Worth so I could attend seminary. Here we are now, two years later, ready to depart from the U.S. so that we might proclaim His Name to people who do not know Him.
I want to share a story about William Carey, the father of the modern mission movement, with you. Carey was visiting with Andrew Fuller in regards to being a missionary to India when Fuller said in reference to the lost souls in need of hearing the Gospel, "There is a gold mine in India; but it seems as deep as the centre of the earth; who will venture to explore it?"…"I will go down" responded Carey. He then stated "but remember that you must hold the rope", meaning that he needed support if he were to go.
This is the part where you all are so important. We want you to be our rope holders here in the States. We want this to be your mission as well as our mission. We want you to take ownership of this endeavor with us, by being the ones standing at the top of the mine supporting our family with prayer. This is why we humbly ask you all to pray for us and for this work in Mexico. Dr. David Jeremiah stated, “(Missions) is not going to happen through technology or our intellectual abilities, but only through prayer. When we pray, God works.” May we always remember this.
We will be sending updated information to all of you as we can. We also invite you to come and visit us through your church or as individuals and possibly begin a lifelong love for missions.
For His glory and with thanksgiving - The Lee Family
You may contact us at:
holidayatthesea@yahoo.com
or at our blog:
http://mmjtjlee.blogspot.com/.
For those of you who have never received a letter from us let me introduce ourselves. We are the Lee family from Fort Worth. My name is Michael and my wife’s name is Megan. We have three children; Jake who is eleven, Tess who is seven and Joy who is three. We have been called as a family into foreign missionary service and are currently in the process with the International Mission Board to become missionaries in Queretaro, Qureretaro, Mexico. We are scheduled to be appointed in Houston Texas on November 11th of this year, we leave for training January 20, 2009 and depart for a year of language training in Costa Rica mid April of 09.
I want to take this opportunity to share with you our calling to the mission field. In the Spring of 2000, God began to point me to missions. I was on a mission trip to Mexico a few weeks later when God confirmed my calling to the mission field. When I returned home from that trip, needless to say, I was excited. My wife did not share my sentiments. She felt like she had her hands full with what was on her plate at that time and shut out the idea of serving as a missionary.
A few years went by and much to her dismay, the call upon my heart had not quieted. As all of you know we have a God who is faithful to bring about His will. With that said, God convicted Megan to begin praying for a softening of her heart towards missions. “Lord”, she would reluctantly pray, “if missions are what you have for us, soften my heart and make me obedient to your call.” I bet you can guess what happened next. He answered her prayer. Within a few months we sold our house and moved to Fort Worth so I could attend seminary. Here we are now, two years later, ready to depart from the U.S. so that we might proclaim His Name to people who do not know Him.
I want to share a story about William Carey, the father of the modern mission movement, with you. Carey was visiting with Andrew Fuller in regards to being a missionary to India when Fuller said in reference to the lost souls in need of hearing the Gospel, "There is a gold mine in India; but it seems as deep as the centre of the earth; who will venture to explore it?"…"I will go down" responded Carey. He then stated "but remember that you must hold the rope", meaning that he needed support if he were to go.
This is the part where you all are so important. We want you to be our rope holders here in the States. We want this to be your mission as well as our mission. We want you to take ownership of this endeavor with us, by being the ones standing at the top of the mine supporting our family with prayer. This is why we humbly ask you all to pray for us and for this work in Mexico. Dr. David Jeremiah stated, “(Missions) is not going to happen through technology or our intellectual abilities, but only through prayer. When we pray, God works.” May we always remember this.
We will be sending updated information to all of you as we can. We also invite you to come and visit us through your church or as individuals and possibly begin a lifelong love for missions.
For His glory and with thanksgiving - The Lee Family
You may contact us at:
holidayatthesea@yahoo.com
or at our blog:
http://mmjtjlee.blogspot.com/.
2 comments:
I really enjoyed reading about your calling. We are in the process with the IMB and we should be headed to Puebla, Mexico this summer. I will be in prayer for your family.
In His Mighty Grip,
Kim Byrd
Thank you. How has the process treated you guys so far? We have been VERY impressed with the IMB. It seems to be a great organization to work under.
You guys will beat us to Mexico by a whole year. We will not set foot on Mexican soil until the summer of 2010. Keep us up to date on how things go with the process. We look forward to meeting you guys. May God's grace shine on you as you follow Him! :)
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