Virginia Episcopalian Magazine Winter 2012 Issue | Page 18

A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS

Teaching English; managing
finances; empowering women;
healing the sick; rearing goats: all
are in the line of duty for these
10 international missionaries.
These are individuals who heard
a call, stepped out of their
comfort zones and dove headfirst into mission. They followed
different paths on their journeys
to mission work: some are part
of the Young Adult Service
Corps, an innovative program
of the Episcopal Church that
sends 20-somethings on oneyear assignments. Some are
appointed missionaries of the
Episcopal Church who spend
two or more years in a specific
area. And others found their fit
outside of any formal church
program, working with other
organizations or agencies to
do God’s work in the world.
With the support of their home
parishes and the Diocese of
Virginia, these missionaries are
making their mark on the world.
Here, in their own words, our
missionaries share why and how
they do what they do.

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More a Journey
than a Mission

VIRGINIA EPISCOPALIAN / Winter 2012