May need a blog name
change from Moving Majcher Mountains to
Moving the
Majchers TO THE Mountains
We are moving at the end
of December to Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic to serve with Doulos
Ministries in Doulos Discovery School (doulosdiscovery.org).
Psalm
25:4-5 Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths.
Guide
me in your truth and teach me,
for
you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
Here's a brief backstory (for those who are just joining us) to lead up to
where we are today. Back in 2013 our family, after facing closed
doors at Hill Country Christian School, walked through the open doors
of moving to the Dominican Republic to serve with Makarios. As a
founding Board Member, I'd been very aware of the need for a
principal there. While I am not a principal, I could stand in
the gap for a year. We quickly saw that, if we were willing, this
would be a longer gig than one year. God kept moving in our hearts
to stay and not leave the school without leadership. Our goal became
to stay until a qualified principal came who could lead a school like
Makarios School.
This was the picture on our first missionary prayer cards!
Psalm
25:4-5 Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths.
Guide
me in your truth and teach me,
for
you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.
I have completed what we came to do.
The new principal came last year and did a year of language learning.
We transitioned and I walked out for the last time as principal from
the school the Lord had lent me on 31 July 2018—much more than the
year we intended--and the new principal started and he is
doing a great job. The school is in very capable hands....for that I
am extremely thankful. There has been much to celebrate in my time
of serving with Makarios. Things that I look forward to seeing the
complete impact when we are in Heaven. But, now, the doors have very
much closed for our family to continue serving in Makarios.
Psalm 37:23-24The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights
in him though he may stumble,
he will not fall,
for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
But...there are BIG open doors. Enter
Doulos Discovery School. This school is a bilingual school that
serves to empower students to be strong servant leaders for the
Dominican Republic. I truly believe that Sam, Levi and Sarah will
thrive in the classrooms of this school and our family will benefit
greatly from this move within the Dominican Republic. This country
has been our home for 5+ years and we desired to pursue options here
before pursuing something in the States. That day may come, but not
for now.
Micah 6:8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what
does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to
walk humbly with your God.
Our family has made a three-year
commitment to Doulos (remember that one year commitment to
Makarios...hee hee). I will start in January as a substitute for a
resource teacher who will be out for the semester. I am really
looking forward to getting to the know the staff, kids and culture of
Doulos through this role. Sam, Levi and Sarah will have class for
their first time ever in English! Joe will continue to work on
Spanish and, once we get settled, may formally pursue a Biblical
Studies degree! (Those of you who know Joe know that he informally
already has one with all the studying of the Word he has done.)
Like Makarios, the North Americans
serving with this ministry raise their own support. Many of our
wonderful supporters have made the switch to Doulos for their monthly
giving. This is a huge blessing. If you would love to be on Team
Majcher, we'd love to have you.
Please
click this link to start supporting us through the ministry of
Doulos. https://give.doulosministries.us/?donateTo=79032
Levi was somber that this was his last Mak Christmas program.
I've
been consuming this song as if it were food and seems appropriate to
share given our season now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFEwV77n1Ng
Por
favor, join us in prayer that....
….we find GREAT Christmas deals on
all the things we need for our apartment..which is everything as
the house we are in now is furnished.
….we handle this transition with the
grace and mercy that the Cross provides for us.
….the kids (and Laurie, too) have a
smooth transition to a new school.
….that we all heal from our recent
sting of leaving Makarios.
….Joe's health improves. He has
quite a few painful problems with his joints.
….we are able to secure the support
we need and we do not fret about it.
Merry Christmas,
Los Majcher—Joe, Laurie, Sam, Levi
and Sarah
Doulos
Discovery School's Mission Statement
"Educating
and equipping servant leaders through Christian discipleship and
expeditionary learning to impact the Dominican Republic"
