As anyone who is reading this blog hopefully knows, my name is Rachel Copelin (previously Winsor, we'll get to that 😊) and the name of my blog is "Life in the Blink of an Eye". When I made this blog as a teen in high school, I had no idea that just a few short years later, I would be feeling the truth of that title heavily. The last couple years have flown by; faster than a blink. So much had happened. Let's start with that.
I graduated high school back in 2014, and went on to spend a summer in Guatemala, which I posted often about. During this time (and the year leading up to it) I felt a pull toward mission work after seeing the need for it in that country. So after a little research, I started attending New Tribes Bible Institute the next fall. There, I spent two years immersed in the word and hearing from various missionaries about their work. While I was there, I also met an amazing man named Adam. I graduated the school and married him immediately (I couldn't let this one slip away, and so I became a Copelin). That was a little over a year ago.
So what's been going on the last year? Mostly work. We have been working to save up money for the next stage of training; Eminate in Canada. This is under the organization Ethnos 360 (formerly New Tribes Mission). We have also been serving in both the preschool ministry and the youth group in our church. I have the amazing opportunity to get to know the high school girls from my church and speak God's truth into their lives. It's been so great to see growth in these young women. Adam teaches the high schoolers and then leads the boys group after the lesson. Now that it's summer, however we meet less regularly until school starts up again but we still look forward to interaction with the youth as much as possible.
The next question to answer is, where are we going? As I already stated, we hope in the next couple of years to head to Eminate for extra training with Ethnos 360. And what is our goal? Well, first there's something that you all need to know. You need to know that there are thousands of people groups who have never heard the name of Jesus. There are thousands of languages that have never had the word of God translated. Our goal is that those people would be reached. God desires that all can be saved, and how can that happen without them hearing? We don't know where we will end up yet; that is dependant on God. But we want to be involved in this.
Thanks for reading if you got this far. I'm just about done. I just want to say we would appreciate your prayers as we take the next steps that will determine our future in this. We appreciate you all so much and can't wait to share with you where God takes us!
