God Opens the Door to 61 Isaiah
One day I was in Ancient/Medieval Philosophy waiting to get out to go back to my internship when Lindsey texted me to tell me a school from Honduras was tabling on campus. She had graduated a semester early and was working for HBU; I was annoyed to be losing hours, but I knew she dreamed of teaching in Central America. So we talked to Abundant Life Christian School and we were excited to maybe have a way to teach in a Spanish-speaking country, but the idea didn’t hit until Shannon spoke up about 61 Isaiah. He was helping the school recruit, but when he mentioned agricultural missions and the need 61 Isaiah had for a farm manager I was hooked. Lindsey emailed the school and I emailed Shannon. I left my internship upon graduation to work on the farm/ranch again to learn more agricultural skills, and soon after my return Lindsey and I got married on January 4th, 2020. A week after our honeymoon we received our official acceptance from 61 Isaiah, and two months later Lindsey received her job offer from Abundant Life Christian School to teach, you guessed it, History and Literature.
We had been praying daily at 9:38 with the 61 Isaiah prayer initiative asking God to clearly shut or open our door to Honduras. It seems God opened the door! We still took a week to talk with family, mentors, and our church, but our answer was clear – God was, and is, calling us to serve in Honduras. Before we got married, while I was still a cowhand, Lindsey and I took a week-long vision trip to Honduras to meet the team. We have now committed to a year of service with hearts open as God might lead beyond that – if He calls we will answer – as long as God wants us in Honduras you will find us there.
My task in Honduras will be to take a leading role in the further development of 61 Isaiah’s Lenca Hunger Farm. The vision is to bring the farm to profitable sustainability through cash crops like coffee and fish so that we can grow staple crops like corn and beans along with chickens/eggs, goats, pigs, etc. as a means for the local churches to support their own poor independent of foreign aid. Lindsey will be spending her time serving students at Abundant Life Christian School in Honduras teaching History and Literature in the secondary school. I would love to tell you more about the vision God has for us, but that will have to wait for another time.
We appreciate any prayer y’all can muster as we face this international move as newlyweds, and we hope y’all are as excited as we are!
Yours as God wills,
Micah and Lindsey Jimison
P.S. For anyone reading this near Houston or within traveling distance I am serious about that mug of coffee. We would love to sit down and talk. And if you are too far, give us a call!
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Micah & Lindsey. I will add you to my prayers at 9:38 as i pray for Jeff & Michelle Holloway and their family. I’ve served with Bro. Jeff for the past 22 years. I can easily say he is my best friend and brother in Christ. You will find him to be a wise man, full of the spirit, and one of the most knowledgeable men I know with bible knowledge. God has gifted him as a great teacher of the Word. Michelle will completely bless you all’s heart and love you with an unconditional love. I could write chapters about them and their commitment to the Lord but I’ll just let you all learn to love and appreciate them in your own way. Praying God’s blessing on you both.
By the way, shortly after my wife and I were married the army sent us to Seoul Korea for 14 months. It has put us in a place of complete dependence on God and each other for the past 47 years. I know God will grow your marriage in a similar way as you serve Him.
In His continuing service since 1971,
Dr. Gene H. Talbot
A New Direction Biblical Counseling, LLC.
brogtalbot@gmail.com
Thank you so much for the prayers! We definitely look forward to getting to know the Holloway family, and we expect God to grow our marriage thru all of this. It’s wonderful to hear that He did exactly that for y’all.
Thank you for the encouragement! We expect it to be difficult, but God promises nothing less when He accepts us as sons and daughters to discipline and grow in faith and His righteousness.
And you are absolutely correct about Jeff. Even now he has called me and encouraged me a few times and been an immense help. Do continue praying for us and for his family – the power of those prayers are the reason we are here.
Micah and Lindsey,
I love how the Lord led you both toward Him, each other, and Honduras. This was a great read. It’s always a joy to see how the Lord is blessing His work by bringing in new people to help get the job done.
My prayers are with you two as you embark on all these new adventures! Marriage and Missions, what a combo! Treasure this time of growing in the Lord together. God bless.