LINKS MISSIONARY – JESSICA MORRIS

Links is a program that' links' a missionary on the field with a local church. The responsibility of the church is to pray regularly and correspond with the missionary, assuring them of our prayers and support. Cards and gifts can be sent for special occasions and you can get to know the missionary through e-m contact. A contact person will regularly share news and correspondence from our missionary with the church body. Anyone is at liberty to correspond and get to know our Link's missionary better. It's a great way to become involved in missions without leaving home.

JESSICA MORRIS, our new Links missionary, is currently assigned to Southeastern Europe. Her mission is "working to support the churches in Western Bulgaria, help re-start the Sofia First Church of the Nazarene, coordinate Work and Witness teams and organize the theological education classes in Bulgaria." She lives in Sofia, the capitol city of Bulgaria and speaks three languages, English, Italian and Bulgarian.

Jessica's from a small farming community in Arkansas where she was the eldest of four children. She graduated from Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, served one year as an associate pastor in Arkansas and spent two-and-a-half years as a Mission Corps Volunteer in Bulgaria. Previous to being assigned to Bulgaria, Jessica worked four-and-a-half years in Italy as a church planter.

On her days off she enjoys hiking, playing the guitar, reading, swimming and snorkeling, prayer times with others, biking and playing soccer.

She writes, "I feel myself to be at the start of an incredible journey that is changing and growing because it's a journey with God. God is challenging me daily to seek his presence and depend solely on him."

Jessica's e-m address is jessicmaymorris@mac.com, her field address is jk.Lullin 10, blk. 156, ap. 4 ** 1324 Sofia ** Bulgaria and website is web.me.com/jessicamaymorris. You can read her newsletters and stay current with her activities when you access the website. Jessica's birthday is November 14^th.