Three areas we could use some help with right now -
First: School
Calling all education professionals, retirees, and elementary education college students!
First: School
Calling all education professionals, retirees, and elementary education college students!
I'm having a baby in October so that means, we need you! Jeff and I are also prayerfully planning a 5 month furlough in the States (November through April) which leaves
the International School with even more positions available!
The International School of Carpina is looking for teachers (English as
your first language) to start at the end of January 2013. We need teachers for preschool (2-3 year-olds) and computer classes (1st grade - 9th grade). The school is Christian school
with approximately 135 students (2 years - 9th grade) that offers English every
day of the week.
The school needs teachers with a missions mindset who can
teach EFL (English as a foreign language) or computers. The school prefers
teachers who have education degrees, but we work with a variety of
situations. Please pray, tell others, and fill out an application! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to email, contact us on facebook, or leave a comment here!
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Second: Pray for our Furlough
Please pray that we make the most of our furlough! Since I'm (Lindsay) is on maternity leave from the school anyway we decided that we should take this chance to reconnect with our friends and family in the US. We have our tickets to the US for November 20th to April 30th. We plan to spend the holidays with family and then have an Open House sometime in early January to meet up with the bazillion people we want to see!
Jeff, prayerfully Lindsay & kids too, will be making visits to churches, supporters, Bible Study groups, and friends starting at the end of January. If you want us to visit you or have us speak at your church/Bible study/whatever please email Jeff at jeffroyturner@gmail.com!
We are asking for prayer for spiritual renewal, rest, new training opportunities, and reconnection to those we love (that's probably you!). We know many missionary friends who come back from furlough more exhausted and burnt out than when they left. We are seeking God's help with balance! We look forward to seeing everyone, but until after the holidays we are focusing on family! If you want to stop by and visit us before our Open House (and we hope you do), we'll be at Jeff's parent's house on the east-side of Indy!
Third: Winter Clothes
Guess what? You don't need a lot of warm clothing for Northeastern Brazil. On the other hand, I hear that Indiana gets pretty cold in the winter. Ha ha.
If you have some extra winter stuff laying around we would love to take it off your hands for the season! It would help us TREMENDOUSLY not to have to spend a fortune on winter clothing that we won't need after this season. If you write your name on the tag we can return it to you in April!
Here's some of our biggest needs in this area:
Jeff (men's size small)
Melody (age 2 1/2 - size 24 months - she's pretty petite)
Please pray that we make the most of our furlough! Since I'm (Lindsay) is on maternity leave from the school anyway we decided that we should take this chance to reconnect with our friends and family in the US. We have our tickets to the US for November 20th to April 30th. We plan to spend the holidays with family and then have an Open House sometime in early January to meet up with the bazillion people we want to see!
Jeff, prayerfully Lindsay & kids too, will be making visits to churches, supporters, Bible Study groups, and friends starting at the end of January. If you want us to visit you or have us speak at your church/Bible study/whatever please email Jeff at jeffroyturner@gmail.com!
We are asking for prayer for spiritual renewal, rest, new training opportunities, and reconnection to those we love (that's probably you!). We know many missionary friends who come back from furlough more exhausted and burnt out than when they left. We are seeking God's help with balance! We look forward to seeing everyone, but until after the holidays we are focusing on family! If you want to stop by and visit us before our Open House (and we hope you do), we'll be at Jeff's parent's house on the east-side of Indy!
Third: Winter Clothes
Guess what? You don't need a lot of warm clothing for Northeastern Brazil. On the other hand, I hear that Indiana gets pretty cold in the winter. Ha ha.
If you have some extra winter stuff laying around we would love to take it off your hands for the season! It would help us TREMENDOUSLY not to have to spend a fortune on winter clothing that we won't need after this season. If you write your name on the tag we can return it to you in April!
Here's some of our biggest needs in this area:
Jeff (men's size small)
a pair of boots, a coat, long johns, sweaters, sweatshirts, gloves, hats, etc.
Lindsay (women's small/medium)
a pair of boots, a coat, long johns, sweaters, sweatshirts, gloves, scarf, hats, etc.
Melody (age 2 1/2 - size 24 months - she's pretty petite)
warm shoes/boots (she lives in flip flops and sandals here), a coat, long johns, sweaters, sweatshirts, gloves, scarf, hats, footie pajamas, snow suit, etc.
Baby Boy (newborn - due date October 18)
He needs anything a newborn to 6 month old baby boy needs in the winter/early spring! warm baby blankets, baby shoes or socks, baby winter clothes, footie pajamas, sleep sacks, a coat or whatever sort of sweat sack thing babies wear outside in the winter, warm hats, etc.
I'm extremely blessed and have never had to buy seasonally for a newborn. We only ever had to use one warm blanket for Melody here so I'm pretty lost on what we will need! So even if you aren't able to help out with our crazy-huge request, I would love some advice on what a baby REALLY needs in the winter!
Thanks everyone in advance for the prayers! We are really looking forward to seeing everyone!
