How God works is mysterious! There is no one like Him and no one can predict His ways.

I wish you could have been there! I (Ann) was blessed to be part of the first International Missions Conference organized by the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches and Swatow Baptists in June. The conference was held in Hong Kong where approximately 200,000 Filipinas work, primarily as domestic servants.

A last minute confirmed date of a graduation being held at Dali University, Yunnan, China, changed my international travel plans. In that new travel plan – to Nepal to China and back to Nepal – three “Before and Now” stories remain vividly in my mind.

For the longest time I prayed to have a heart for the world. Looking back on my past four years in college, I can see God working to answer my prayer.

Cochabamba, Bolivia is home to a ministry partner, the House of Hope (HOH). HOH and I began working together when I started my new role as Regional and then Global Consultant for Health.

The first weekend of June I had the great honor of delivering a public prayer of blessing for an “up and coming” missionary, Carmella Jones. We both happened to be at the Michigan American Baptist Women’s Conference in De Witt, MI.