Hey everyone! I'm Jenn, and I am a full time missionary at YWAM (Youth With A Mission) in Honolulu, HI.
I am an ESL teacher here on island, teaching weekly in Chinatown with Aunties and Uncles; to college students near the university and online to students from Brazil and Haiti. I also staff one of our schools, the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) program. We train and equip our students to become ESL teachers. After a few months, our students graduate with a Cert. IV TESOL certification. This program has changed my life and I believe it changes the lives of our students and non-native English speakers around the world.
My vision for being a missionary is to build relationships and create a place for students (non-native English speakers) to practice speaking English; to feel comfortable to make mistakes and encourage them to challenge themselves not just within the classroom but outside of it. In Matthew 28:19 Jesus commanded us to "Go and make disciples of all nations" My ministry, I believe, is a part of that commandment.
Also, I am currently planning an ESL outreach to Japan! I hope to partner with established English ministries, to come alongside fellow English teachers and provide resources and fresh new ideas that they can incorporate into their classrooms. I hope to bring Kingdom culture into classrooms and provide space for students to feel safe and excited to learn English!
My life motto is from the movie 'Robots' "See a need, fill a need" So wherever there is a need in classrooms or fellow teachers, I hope to be there and fill that need in whatever way, shape or form.
If you feel lead to partner with me in my vision and ministry, here are a few things that you can help support me in, I need about $900 a month for:
- Housing/rent
- Food - Outreach prep (Japan)
- Classroom supplies
- Weekly evangelism (I do free haircuts for the homeless)
- Savings
If it's just a one-time donation or monthly donation, I am extremely grateful! I believe that God is our ultimate provider, and He hears and sees our prayers, so, it is powerful to partner with God in what He has for us.
You may also give by check if you like. Please make checks payable to "Equipnet" and make sure you include my account "Equip4768" in the Memo Section on the face of your check. Please mail to: Equipnet, P.O. Box 860 Alamo, CA 94507
"So, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:1-11
Thank you for your partnership in finances and prayer!
Jenn :)