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winter 2015

Before the Throne

Praise  the  Lord  that  my  jet  lag  is  gone  and  that  I  quickly  recovered  from  a  sinus  infec:on.    I  feel  like  a  person  again!

Pray  as  I  prepare  to  share  with  supporters  about  my  experience  from  my  first  three  years  in  Papua  New  Guinea  -­‐  for  guidance  in  what  to  say,  and  for  clear  communica:on.

I  need  to  take  one  three-­‐hour  class  this  year  in  order  to  be  cer:fied  to  teach.    Please  pray  for  wisdom  as  I  decide  when  and  where  to  do  this.

Be BraveI  like  to  have  a  word  for  each  year  -­‐  a  word  that  describes  something  that  I’d  like  for  God  to  work  out  in  my  life,  that  is  a  reflec:on  of  something  he  taught  me  the  year  before.    Lately  I’ve  been  learning  that  it  takes  bravery  to  live  a  life  of  following  Christ.    For  some  people,  being  brave  is  easy  -­‐  it’s  part  of  their  nature.    That’s  not  so  with  me.    I  tend  to  be  shy,  reserved,  and  :mid  by  nature.    I  have  a  fear  of  rejec:on,  so  it’s  hard  for  me  to  open  up  with  people.    So  this  year,  for  2015,  my  word  is  BRAVE.

Dic:onary.com  defines  ‘brave’  as  “possessing  or  exhibi:ng  courage  or  courageous  endurance.”    I  want  to  choose  to  display  this  courageous  endurance.    But  I  know  that  the  only  source  of  any  bravery  in  me  comes  from  my  God.    Through  my  weakness  of  :midity,  he  can  display  his  strength  of  bravery  in  me.

Will  you  pray  that  I  will  be  open  to  allow  God  to  work  fully  in  me  and  give  me  a  brave  heart  and  mind?    And  as  you  pray  for  me,  I  also  pray  that  you  are  brave  -­‐  brave  enough  to  trust  him;  brave  enough  to  love,  to  let  yourself  be  loved;  brave  enough  to  herald  his  name;  brave  enough  to  act  in  total,  instant  obedience.

Leaving UkarumpaBeing  in  one  place  for  three  years,  you  develop  deep  friendships,  especially  in  a  place  where  you’re  all  going  through  the  same  thing:  leaving  family  and  home  for  a  new  place  and  learning  to  live  in  that  new  place  and  serve  together.    These  people  become  like  family.    The  new  place  becomes  the  familiar  place.    And  it’s  hard  to  leave.

A  few  months  before  I  came  back  home,  I  had  this  fear  that  I  wouldn’t  ‘fit  in’  as  an  American  in  America  anymore,  that  I  wouldn’t  be  able  to  relate  to  people  because  I  have  no  clue  what’s  going  on  here  and  they  have  no  clue  what  goes  on  where  I  was,  that  I  would  be  completely  lost  in  a  place  like  Target  or  the  mall.

But  then  I  remembered  that  I  have  people  in  America  who  love  me  and  want  me  to  transi:on  well.    They’ll  be  here  for  me,  show  me  all  the  new  stuff,  update  me  on  life,  and  not  make  fun  of  me  if  I  freak  out  about  something.    And  I  remembered  that  I  have  a  God  who  loves  me  and  will  get  me  through  anything  he  leads  me  through  -­‐  he  has  already  blessed  me  with  everything  I  need  to  conquer  this  next  year.

So  I  have  arrived  on  American  soil  completely  excited  about  and  ready  for  whatever  God  has  in  store!    Although  grocery  stores  s:ll  scare  me  a  li^le...

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the journey : winter 2014 brandy ingle

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coming up...January 12-19 | Spending some time in Atlanta

(let me know if you’d like to meet up!)

February 22 | My Birthday!

February 23-27 | Debrief time at Wycliffe in Orlando

Family!I have an amazing family. God has given me a group of people who

love me and love him, who lead me to him constantly.My whole family met me at the airport! That was a sweet reunion.

The next picture is my dad’s family at my grandparents’ house.And the last one is my mom’s family at my grandma’s house.

This was the first Christmas in many years that every single family member was at each place!

Here are links to some videos that were done for me in PNG. In them, I explain what I do for Wycliffe and how you can be involved.

Feel free to share them with a friend who might be interested!

Video of Brandy in PNG

Video of Brandy in PNG (short)

When you have no clue what kind of clothes or toiletries you’ll need when moving to another

country, and you can buy second-hand clothes in town for 50 cents, it’s easy to accumulate a lot of

stuff! So my housemate, Lindsey, and I put our things together and had a little give-away. We renamed our

living room the ‘Brandsey Boutique,’ and we were only open for 2 hours. It was so fun inviting friends and knowing that they will enjoy these things longer

than we would have! My friends also stayed and sent me off with prayer and encouragement.

Leah is one of my closest friends in Ukarumpa. She was in PNG for two years and has been in America for the past 6 months. On her way back to PNG, she stopped through

North Carolina so we could spend a little time together. Pray for her as she has just arrived back in PNG for a

3-year term!

Love,

Brandy