An Organizing Center for Our Work
This week I sat with someone who is a partner in an ad/marketing agency to get some counsel about the radio ministry, our youth mission, and my own upcoming radio program that I hope to begin producing soon. She challenged me to carefully evaluate my passions and listen to my heart telling me the one thing I want to speak to and put my energies into. I have pondered that question for quite some time, but it seemed like when she asked it of me it was a signal that a clear and final answer would now arise within me. My challenge in the ministry is how broadly we are operating after 25 years in Asia. We help fund and administrate an orphanage, a radio network, a youth organization and a fund-raising operation to attract money from U.S. donors to needy Asian projects. We travel all over Asia to teach on leadership and personal life management. We administrate, write and do a fair amount of pastoral care and pre-marital counseling. All of it is needed and must continue somehow, but it is clear that I do need some other administrators and workers for 2008.I do have an answer for the question, however. If I could only speak about one subject for the rest of my life I know what it is. I want to talk about Jesus. I think that everything that is wrong with the church in every nation of the world stems from one constant failure–the failure to truly embrace and live according to the teachings of Jesus Christ. Abuses of power, gossip, theft of funds, lethargy, pride, division–you name it. It simply flows from refusing to become the servant of Christ and his servant to others.I believe that Jesus is our savior, but I also believe that he is the smartest, most integrated man who ever lived. I believe that his teachings–if followed carefully–will purify every life and fix all that is wrong with it. I want to know Christ. I want to love him with all my heart, soul, mind and strength and I want to prove this daily in the way I obey him and act as his servant to minister to others. That is the organizing center for my work. The rest is just details.
chuckquinley on November 10th 2007 in Uncategorized
Rachel responded on 11 Dec 2007 at 6:15 am #
wow, MONDO wow..Chuck I was um haha wow..just discussing this with my fellow classmates of how much I had wanted to GO to Thailand/Asia and work with you and your family. I was like God just whenever the possibility will arise cause I know that I am called over there. I had a general idea of around this summer or sometime in 2008. I am in my 2nd semester of my 2nd year in Mission and I was like I really am wanting to GO but I have to commence first. I will be honest..I am scared BUT it is that good scared feeling that I am so excited and just cant wait to go. Timing has to be the beauty of it all. Just remember It is NOT ALL ABOUT ME It Is About HIM! So mr. quinley I am highly intersted in joining you and your team in impacting Asia. For my interests would be for the youth..specially the girls and you know how I had mentioned doing a girls bible study maybe that could be one of the things that I could be doing or I am up for anything as long as I am there helping “making the difference”
Thailand has been on my heart since last year whenenever I first heard anout you and your family. Whenever ya’ll visited my church that I was interning with in westminster but I was unable to meet ya’ll. Then I, (hope not too weird) but haha grew so much in love with ya’ll (like ya’ll have such an amazing family and how much love ya’ll have for one another..its awesome!) then I yes…hate to say became obssessed almost where to point i was like looking at ya’lls website several several times every week. Then it all kinda died down whenever i got distracted by a guy here (laaaaame) but anyways..i let my guard down with my feelings/emotions and i am not flirty type but i did make bad decisions that costed my friendship and trust with him. which i really didnt hang out with him all that much nor did i really do much but anyways…he found out and things got messy and then my focus became of him instead of God and what I REALLY was passionate about. Which now I know all people and mainly middle school aged girls. I thought it was children cause all growing up in church poeple had said that kids love me they are always around me, yada yada..and i loved them too. Mission last year placed me with tons of opportunities with children, dont get me wrong i loved it but i was the “go 2 girl” whenever it was about children. Then I realized that I wanted to do something differant and i become more focused with youth then went all down to middle school girls.
This past school year maybe 3 weeks ago I started to have this huge ache for Asia and i had this urge to go to Thailand all over again but much much more stronger. Ever since then I had been praying about it every night before our curfew which is 12 in our rooms. I was like you know what I need to go I want to go God send me as soon as possible…but on your time only God cause I know you will send me..know it is my passion..knowing you (God) will send me when I am ready and where I am called and where I am going to be most happy.
Rachel responded on 11 Dec 2007 at 6:18 am #
oh and last year i had wanted to build an orphanage over in Thailand and you already are working with one, how cool!! haha so would love to be tied into that as well..
thanks so much Rachel
Rachel responded on 11 Dec 2007 at 6:24 am #
oh and to add to the guy distraction thing…all through middle and high school I had never dated but had the desire to. Beauty of it is…I was too shy to talk to the guy I liked so I just persued after him and dug myself continuesly into a hole..deeper and deeper I went of embarrassing myself. I had only wanted to date 2 guys and I am thrilled that I was too shy to date. I even made a pact my 11th grade year that I wouldnt date until i graduated cause too much drama and people dated around and things like that. Then I extended it til college my 12th grade year because of more drama and just hard…then i had decided well God helped me in that process but haha in mission you are not allowed to date first year and second year you can but have to go through a courtship and that sort of thing…so its awesome how God works things…amaaaaing!
Rachel responded on 11 Dec 2007 at 6:29 am #
editing..made pact with God..
Rachel responded on 11 Dec 2007 at 6:33 am #
editing…decided literally a month before going to mission because i wasent going to at first i had heard about it since i was 13 knew how they lived what they did and so yeah…i had wanted a normal college life dorm life and friends well mission isent like that.
well it is but in a different way..
living in an old church 2 girl rooms 11 in one and 10 in the other bunk beds and tiny cubicals to self..
one guy room
and then…
mission we do missionary work LOVE but then not so great at school
and telling my whole life story..
night…