Hey guys, this article is about some of the folks we’re planning to work with in Cambodia. They’ve been hit pretty hard over the past week with some significant flooding. Please pray for them and those already over there trying to help out…
http://community.icontact.com/p/raphahouse-01/newsletters/campaign1007-01/posts/flood-disaster
We recently realized that our blog lacked any sort of info answering the question, “Who the heck are the Trotters?” I mean, some of ya’ll know us real well, but some of you don’t. In fact, a bunch of our recent blog guests don’t really know us at all.
So, if you’re a new friend just trying to figure out who we are, or an “old” friend who just likes to know the rest of the story, check out our updated About Us page. Happy surfing, and God bless!
all for ONE,
Jonathan T.
I recently stumbled across this old blog post from a Team Expansion missionary. Note the date…
I know that many of you keep up with and pray for Mark Trotter over at Caring4Mark. I am sorry to bring you news that he passed away on the morning of September 10th.
The link to his family’s blog is the top outgoing link off of my blog so I know that many of you click through to get updates.
Although I didn’t know Mark or anyone in his family personally, I know many people who did know him. I believe him to be an amazing individual.
Mark and his family were to go to Cambodia when they found out Mark was sick.
Who will hear God’s voice to go to Cambodia now?
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I will.
Jonathan Mark
It’s up, and waiting to be browsed… 🙂
Just click here: August, 2010
Here are some thoughts I recently shared with our sending church, which also happens to have been our home church for most of our life. 🙂
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I think over the years of talking about missionary work it has seemed more like Jonathan’s dream than mine . . . and I thought it was good enough to just follow my husband to a country God would show us, just like Sarah following Abraham. But after Jonathan’s trip to Cambodia this February it became clear to me that I needed to have the “call” too, and I didn’t feel like I had it. [I use the term Trailing Spouse to describe a person who is married to someone who wants to Go, but who doesn’t personally want to go.]
And so we took a step back to pray and re-evaluate our plans. We talked with the elders here at Red Bridge. They didn’t give us any answers, but they did give excellent counsel in regard to being unified on this issue.
So after praying separately about this, I really felt God calling me to go. I knew I had been given the freedom to stay in America, but when I contemplated that, it just wasn’t right. I knew we were supposed to go, and this time I knew God had told ME, not just Jonathan. I had never doubted Jonathan’s call, but I needed to hear it personally from God.
I just couldn’t seem to get over my fears of leaving the country. The song “Safe in His Arms” by Phil Wickham comforted me during this time – knowing God was going with me to a foreign country. I had forgotten He lived not only in America but elsewhere! After this time I felt sure that God was calling me to go – I no longer felt forced by my husband. So although it was a stressful time I am thankful we took that time to make sure both of us were equally committed to going to a faraway place to serve God.
I see my role overseas as similar to what it is here. I’ll still be the supportive ministry wife and home school mom. (Note to the uninitiated: those are big jobs.) I even see Jonathan’s role as not changing – he’ll still be an evangelist. (I have loved watching him transition to evangelism within Red Bridge’s Kids for Christ ministry.)
Besides all that normal ministry wife and homeschool mom work, I will be learning the language as full time as possible.
— Elizabeth
Jonathan & Elizabeth Trotter 