Sunday, August 17, 2014

Although Mandy grew up in Fort Worth, she did not hear of Mission Arlington® until she was attending Oklahoma Baptist University.  She felt called to participate in summer missions and a college friend recommended Mission Arlington® because she had been a Summer Missionary before.  So Mandy applied and spent a summer serving here.

By the end of the summer, Mandy had grown to love the Mission.  She says it’s the first place she really felt challenged to fully commit to God 100% of the time.  Mandy returned to Oklahoma to finish school, but anytime she came back to visit her family in Fort Worth, she would stop by the Mission office to help, even if it was just for a day or a week.  And when it was time to graduate, God directed her back to work here full time.

Now she works “outback” collecting donations throughout the day and teaches Bible Study three times per week at an east Arlington apartment complex.  She says while she has been teaching in a Sunday School setting since she was a teenager, teaching at the apartment complex has been more fulfilling because she ministers to the whole family.

For example, several parents attend her mid-week Bible Study for teenagers.  Plus, being able to meet each family’s needs through the services available at Mission Arlington helps her dig in.  When a family needs food, clothes, furniture, counseling, medical or dental care, Mandy can easily connect them with those resources while sharing the love of Jesus.

Thank you for the way you give and pray so that Mandy and other Bible Study leaders like her can minister effectively in this community.