Friday, June 8, 2012

Exciting news!

I have officially been accepted as DTS staff for the Chiang Mai school, starting in August. I am so excited, probably more so then when I found out that I was excepted as a student there last year. This is a huge answer to prayer for me. Ever since returning home my thoughts have constantly been on going back, and now I finally get to! I will be leaving a little early so that I can go and meet with a few organizations that I have been in contact with, hoping to find a position with one of them. It is my hope that I will be able to just stay and serve in Thailand when the school ends next year. I have two major prayer requests for the time being.. The first is that I will be able to focus on what I am doing while I am still here. That has been hard enough since being back, but now that I know that I am actually returning to Thailand I am sure that I will be extra hard. The second is that I am in need of at least $3,500.. That is to cover the airfare, the visa to China and Thailand, and the room and board while there. I am currently working as a barista at Forza Coffee and trying to save up as much as I can, but that doesn't give you the best money. I would greatly appreciate prayer about both of these things.
Thank you all!
Annie

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

New opportunities!

So while I was on my DTS a few months ago I started thinking about possibly going back and helping on staff during one of the following schools. I really wanted to do it but it just didn't seem possible. Since being back I have been searching for ministry/job opportunities in Thailand, because during these few months that I have been back I have felt a constant pull on my heart to go back and I can't seem to ever stop thinking about it. I have been messaging a ton of people that I met over there asking if they know of any possible openings over there. The leader of the DTS school in Chiang Mai messaged me back this evening saying that they are looking for a western girl to be on staff this year. Putting it simply, I instantly got excited. So excited that I might have started dancing.. At work...... Anyways... I feel like this would be a perfect fit and exactly what God wants me to do. The only thing holding me back is the money.. Well timing isn't exactly ideal either but I mentioned it to my boss and she was supportive. So the only thing is the money. I would really appreciate if you guys could pray about this and consider supporting me yet again. I know that it isn't a for-sure thing yet, and it seems almost impossible to get enough support in the short amount of time that I have.. But there is truly nothing that is impossible with God.  I also know that this economy makes it difficult to support people financially, but in my opinion prayer support is as good as gold so even if you don't feel led to support me financially, prays would be soo appreciated. And even if this doesn't work out and it turns out that God has other plans for me, I am still searching for chances to minister in Thailand. So just having prayer for that in general would be fantastic! Once again, if you have any questions, advice, prayer needs of your own, ect.. Feel free to contact me! My email is sara_ann93@juno.com and I have facebook: Annie Petersohn  It used to be Sara Petersohn but everyone was confusing my mother and I so I changed it.
I love you all and appreciate everything you guys have done for me:)