My Windermere Experience
Last year, Windermere celebrated 50 years of ministry. We are collecting and sharing memories of your experiences here. Whether you visited or worked at Windermere, we would like to hear from you. Please email your thoughts to windermere50@windermereusa.org. Thanks for joining us in this time of reflection and celebration.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
My Windermere Experience
Lori Jo Jensen
Windermere Volunteer
Being at Windermere for me is a display of God’s amazing orchestrating of our lives. My call actually began when I was in high school at a conference similar to those held at Windermere. I felt the Holy Spirit urge me to dedicate my life to full-time Christian work. Although life took different turns, that calling deep in my heart never left.
I spent February and March of 2006 at Windermere, helping with a variety of volunteer projects. Windermere was even better than I had imagined! I found it to be a large facility with staff that treated me like family. The summer proved to be a time of deep fulfillment for me; and I am happy to say I am still here, loving it! One of the greatest blessings was hearing that God had sent me. When I prayed and said, “Here am I, send me,” God was arranging that there would be jobs I could do at Windermere, and they could use someone with my abilities.
The biggest reason I value being a part of Windermere is knowing that indirectly I am a missionary. Because of the work we do, people have become Christians and deepened their spiritual commitment. Because of Windermere, there are many who will spend eternity in heaven rather than hell. And the rippling effect of these lives changed goes on and on, as people who have been at Windermere go back and reach out to others in their families and communities with the gospel of Jesus Christ. How exciting to be a small part of that!
I also have found “ministry to the ministers” to be a way of serving and glorifying God. By that I mean spending time getting to know other staff members and summer employees, then loving them dearly and encouraging and praying for them. In return I have benefited from receiving love and encouragement.
I praise God for the sequence of events that led me to Windermere! I continue to offer myself in willingness to go where he leads, for as long as he wants me here. One of my prayers is that others would hear the call to come serve as volunteers at Windermere, in response to God’s orchestrating the tapestry of our lives.
Windermere Volunteer
Being at Windermere for me is a display of God’s amazing orchestrating of our lives. My call actually began when I was in high school at a conference similar to those held at Windermere. I felt the Holy Spirit urge me to dedicate my life to full-time Christian work. Although life took different turns, that calling deep in my heart never left.
I spent February and March of 2006 at Windermere, helping with a variety of volunteer projects. Windermere was even better than I had imagined! I found it to be a large facility with staff that treated me like family. The summer proved to be a time of deep fulfillment for me; and I am happy to say I am still here, loving it! One of the greatest blessings was hearing that God had sent me. When I prayed and said, “Here am I, send me,” God was arranging that there would be jobs I could do at Windermere, and they could use someone with my abilities.
The biggest reason I value being a part of Windermere is knowing that indirectly I am a missionary. Because of the work we do, people have become Christians and deepened their spiritual commitment. Because of Windermere, there are many who will spend eternity in heaven rather than hell. And the rippling effect of these lives changed goes on and on, as people who have been at Windermere go back and reach out to others in their families and communities with the gospel of Jesus Christ. How exciting to be a small part of that!
I also have found “ministry to the ministers” to be a way of serving and glorifying God. By that I mean spending time getting to know other staff members and summer employees, then loving them dearly and encouraging and praying for them. In return I have benefited from receiving love and encouragement.
I praise God for the sequence of events that led me to Windermere! I continue to offer myself in willingness to go where he leads, for as long as he wants me here. One of my prayers is that others would hear the call to come serve as volunteers at Windermere, in response to God’s orchestrating the tapestry of our lives.
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