March 4, 2010
Dear Friends and Family:
I hope that this new year you are all doing well. This year away from Costa Rica has been an interesting and conflicting one for me. As many of you know I returned to my job in Costa Mesa at Vanguard University, but longed to go back to Costa Rica to fulfill my dream of being a missionary and now I have my chance! I have been asked to staff the July DTS (Discipleship Training School) in San Jose, Costa Rica! I am excited to have this opportunity to combine my two passions: youth ministry and missions. I have prayed for an avenue to use my gifts and passions and staffing the July DTS is one way for me to do this. I have committed to staffing one year with YWAM (Youth with a Mission), the organization that I went to Costa Rica with last year. After staffing the DTS school hopefuly helping lead in a director position in the January 2011 DTS school.
One thing that really excites me about this responsibility as a staff member is that I have always been concerned about discipleship among young people in the church (I wrote my thesis on this topic). I feel like many times the church is helpful getting people saved but we lack teaching them what it means to follow Christ daily and live their lives for Him. I will have the chance to work with the team of young adults to teach them exactly what it means to follow Christ and help them to do just that during the 3 month lecture phase. I will also have the chance to lead them on their outreach to whatever part of the world God calls our team to go for two months. If I had a dream job, this is it and I am so excited that God has allowed me to be a part of this!
In addition, in less than two weeks I have been asked to help co-lead a team of Vanguard students to Costa Rica as well to work on earthquake relief from last year’s earhquake. I am very exicted to return to Costa Rica and to continue this connection with YWAM and Costa Rica. I will be preparing a video to share with everyone when I return to show you more of what I will be doing in Costa Rica starting in July.
Every person in YWAM is responsible to raise their own support so I am asking you to prayerfully conisder partnering with me in this adventure. I cannot do this without the faithful support of all of you. The costs of this trip seem impossible to me to raise, but I know with God nothing is impossible! I need to raise $1,300 per DTS (a total of $2,600), plus approximately $3,400 more (living expenses and airfare to travel home), for a total of $6,000. I know that this seems like a large task, but God sometimes asks us to step beyond what seems unattainable and trust Him! I am thrilled to begin this adventure with you and share in the joy of all that God is doing in my life and across the world in Costa Rica.
I invite you to follow my adventures on my blogspot: http://kimberlyulm.blogspot.com
While money is important, it comes in a distant second to my need for your prayer support. Since prayer support is so important to the success of this mission, I would like to know if I can count on you. I believe prayer truly moves the hand of God and is the source of everything that I do. Thank you so much for being a part of my life and being a blessing to me. As a prayer partner or financial supporter, you are a significant part of all that I do in Costa Rica and I pray that you will receive the blessings of your giving!
God bless and much love,
Kimberly Ulm
kimberlyulm@gmail.com
626.228.6549
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