Starting a New Adventure

Dear Family and Friends,

Greetings from colorful Colorado! I’ve been here for almost four years now and it is exciting to see what God has for me here. Currently I’m working in a pediatric clinic as a certified medical assistant and I’m daily learning something new while doing what I love – working with people and making a difference!

I’m also involved in my church, participate in a local community choir, fellowship with other young adults through a weekly Bible study and have been taking classes through Colorado Christian University in order to pursue my nursing degree. While at CCU, I connected with one of my professors through common interests and goals.

She is the co-founder of an organization in Eastern Uganda that serves to educate and empower widows and orphans infected or affected by HIV/Aids. (http://loverowan.org/). I have the incredible opportunity to spend two weeks in Uganda with ROWAN on a volunteer trip this summer!

I will be using my abilities with music, teaching children, counseling and medical knowledge as I seek to serve wherever I am needed. My team is made up of young adult women and we will be going to various villages for home visits in order to assess needs so they can be met. This organization strives to make every widow a leader and every orphan a loved child, and their motto is “Hope never disappoints.”

This trip will also serve as a survey trip to determine whether God might see fit to bring me back more permanently in the future. This country and these people have been in my heart and on my mind for the past few years and I sense that God will take me far away from everything and everyone I know…and I’m excited to see where that will lead.

Please pray with me as I prepare and consider if you would like to be involved in this adventure. My trip costs are minimal—only $3,000 total and I have already raised a quarter of that amount. I’ve included the link to my donation page below, or checks can be mailed to:

ROWAN

PO Box 1055

Acton, CA 93510

(Be sure to include “Liz Kliewer mission” on subject line)

https://www.denarionline.com/DonorServices/TEMPLATEPAGE.ASPX?COMP_REF=_rowan%20%20%20%20&SID=a0tp2fhafhhfug1zjx4ouose&CONTENT=QUICK_DONATE&DS_GO_REF=076F8E54C8

When your dreams come true...

You guys, this is really happening! For the past week I've been in shock, thinking "this can't be true" and now I'm over-the-moon excited that it is materializing and things are falling into place. My journey has begun and I'm eagerly awaiting what is next.

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I've submitted my application, mailed the check for the initial deposit, received my first donation and purchased travel insurance. My pastor wants me to share this opportunity with the rest of my church, my parents are on board and I have so much support from friends, family and co-workers!

Even though I've prayed for this for so long, I doubted that it would happen. But God wanted to do things in His time so He would receive all the glory. There is no way I can take credit for any of this, because humanly speaking it is impossible. 

My heart is overflowing with joy and I cannot wait to spend two amazing weeks in Uganda this summer.

(I promise -- details are coming soon!)

~Liz

God is good all the time: Five Minute Friday

This opportunity?

He dropped it in my lap -- and told me to chase it.
I've known for awhile I'm supposed to pursue this, 
but the timing was unclear.
I'll be honest, I doubted if it would even happen.

But God wanted to stretch my faith.

He wants to give good gifts and fulfill dreams, 
but He does it in His way and His time. 

So that, when it happens -- He gets the glory 

Psalm 37:4 says to "delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart."

 

Does this mean I'll get everything I want? 
Hardly, but I firmly believe God places desires 
in the hearts of His children 
with the intention of satisfying them in His perfect time. 
And I'm so excited that one of those dreams may be coming true at long last!


It seemed impossible, illogical even.

But there it was just the same.

I might be going to Uganda this summer!
Words cannot begin to express my excitement about this possibility.
For so long now I have prayed for this and God is answering those prayers in a big way.
I cannot wait to see what good things He has in store for me!
 

Pray with me, friends. 

Pray that His will is done.
That I am content and willing to wait on Him.
That I will praise Him even if this doesn't work out.
That I know He is good, no matter what happens.

~Liz
stay tuned for more details...

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