Jon and Vicky
Jon studied Global Studies and Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University. He briefly worked in marketing before entering full time outreach to refugees in Pittsburgh. He worked with a local team in the city doing a variety of community development work, including helping the community to start an urban farm and doing grant writing to help the community non-profit hire a caseworker. Vicky is a nurse, specializing in community nursing and palliative care. She served women and youth during her time at home.
We met at language school studying French, both preparing to head other places. But our Father had other plans! We went back to Vicky’s home country, where we were married and Jon completed his Master’s in Management and Entrepreneurship. After a trip in 2021, we felt called to work in North Africa. We will be spending our first year getting settled and learning the local language.
Praise:
1. Vicky is feeling very encouraged by her new language partner
2. Beginning to feel more comfortable in daily life – shopping etc...
3. Grateful for a break from lessons and work over the holidays.
Requests:
1. For Jonathan's work: they are setting up a program to train local entrepreneurs. Ask for success as they prepare for their first pilot program.
2. Ask that they would be able to get more rest and that they would have a reprieve from illness.
3. Jon is looking for a language partner - ask that G would provide a teacher and friend.
4. Vicky is feeling discouraged overall by her language learning - pray for a breakthrough and more rapid progress, but also for G to use this to teach her humility and dependence on his plan and his timing.
Updated January 2024
We met at language school studying French, both preparing to head other places. But our Father had other plans! We went back to Vicky’s home country, where we were married and Jon completed his Master’s in Management and Entrepreneurship. After a trip in 2021, we felt called to work in North Africa. We will be spending our first year getting settled and learning the local language.
Praise:
1. Vicky is feeling very encouraged by her new language partner
2. Beginning to feel more comfortable in daily life – shopping etc...
3. Grateful for a break from lessons and work over the holidays.
Requests:
1. For Jonathan's work: they are setting up a program to train local entrepreneurs. Ask for success as they prepare for their first pilot program.
2. Ask that they would be able to get more rest and that they would have a reprieve from illness.
3. Jon is looking for a language partner - ask that G would provide a teacher and friend.
4. Vicky is feeling discouraged overall by her language learning - pray for a breakthrough and more rapid progress, but also for G to use this to teach her humility and dependence on his plan and his timing.
Updated January 2024