Jana has a blog?!?!?!?!

Well, I have discovered that I am not a very good blogger...yet! Only one post in over 4 months...Yikes! I have some updating to do.
So, I'm back in Indiana and have been here for 4 months. It's been awesome, terrible, fun, exciting, busy, scary, overwhelming, a blessing and a million other things! I'm still riding on the roller coaster of culture shock and just learning how to live at home with the family again.
Good things have happened: I feel like God is breaking down the walls of my comfort zone in a hundred different ways stretching me and preparing me for my return to the field. I have been able to be more directly involved with my local faith family in worship on Sunday, in upcoming programs, in the new ladies Bible study, and in attending a free theology class!
God has placed very special people in my life to help me get organized and started on my fundraising. God opened all sorts of doors for me to be able to attend the National Missionary Convention a couple of weeks ago where I learned valuable tips on getting prepared, and got to re-connect with some very dear friends that I made while I was interning in Honduras for 6 months. You know who you are... all the way in Brazil (Indiana) :)

I'm so excited that I have this time to be back in the States with my family and friends, but God has kept a huge part of my heart in Honduras, and I am anxious to get back there!!! I am praying and looking for prayer partners. I have a lot of funds that I need covered before I can go back, but more important than money, I need to be covered with prayer! Will you please join me in prayer that I might do the Father's will. Here are some specific prayer requests that you could pray believing...
1.)That God will continue to place people in my life to help me in all areas of preparation.
2.)That God will open doors, and make clear to me one step at a time the things I need to do to prepare myself and my heart for the field. ie any courses or training that I will need to have under my belt to be able minister better.
3.) That I would manage my time faithfully with my daily prayer and devotional time, keeping the friends that God has made interested in me up to date in my life and fund-raising process.
4.) For me not to be fearful and overwhelmed with all the tasks that lay before me.
5.) For protection and blessings on Trevor and Valerie Colby and their 2 children (the wonderful people that I lived with during my internship and whom I will work with when I return) that God would continue to bless the work that they are doing to spread the love of Christ, and that they would be in prayer seeking God's will for the mission and what role I will be able to fill in the future.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I will be posting more blogs sooner rather than later!