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KARL TABLANTE
Who I am and where I'm going
I'm Karl Tablante and I am
going to the Marshall Islands as a grade 3 teacher.
For those who doesn't know where the Marshall
Islands is, it can be found in the middle of
the south pacific located halfway between Hawaii
and Australia. It is a nation that is in a free
association with the US, meaning that they have
ties to the USA. The two main languages spoken
there are English and Marshallese and the population
is roughly around 60,000.
Why I want to be a missionary
After having such a spiritual
awakening during my time at Camp Frenda, I
came to the realization that I needed to do
more than what I was already
doing here in Toronto. I know that I could
have done so much more here
(i.e. leading out in the church, helping the
homeless, touching the lives
of those around me, etc) but I had this desire,
this urgent need to go out
into the world and show the the world the truth
about Jesus and allow them
to experience the same loving God that I've
been able to experience. There
was actually a few people who helped inspire
me to become a missionary
during my time working at Camp Frenda. At first
I was very skeptical about
becoming a missionary and to become a missionary
overseas on my own? That
certainly wasn't very high on my things to do
list. But after seeing how
the Holy Spirit has touched my friends and how
it has made them want to
spread the love of God, I knew then that I had
to become a missionary.
It
was actually very hard to find a placement that
I could fulfill because I
didn't fit certain requirements. But with enough
prayer and with enough faith,
God came through once again and I found the missionary
work that was
right for me.
To support Karl or for more
information, please contact
Pastor Pule. |
