I titled this 'Commencement' not because I have reached the summit of my educational career (I have not yet begun to fight!), but because this is the beginning of what I hope will be a beautiful friendship. In this, my inaugural post, I hope to give you an idea of who I am and what I will be doing.
My name is Jessica Hollopeter. I am the daughter of Jason and Donna Hollopeter. My father is a pastor in Corunna, Indiana, and my mother is the Associate Director of Global Ministries in Huntington, Indiana. I was born in Toledo, Ohio and moved to Huntington when I was eight. I accepted Christ when I was four, and fully committed to Him the summer before eighth grade.
Last October, I was accepted as a Sojourn Missionary by Global Ministries, in partnership with OMS International. My position is Missionary Journalist. I will travel to GM and OMS fields in more than 40 countries four to six times a year, for six weeks at a time, interviewing missionaries and nationals about the work God has been doing through them.
This is an incredible opportunity. One of my professors once asked me what I would do if I had a magic wand. I told him I would read, write and travel. Turns out, I get to do all three for the Kingdom (I'll read on the plane), which just makes it that much greater.
That's the bare bones about me and my job. I'll update this as often as I can with information on what I'm working on and how support is going. Thanks for reading!
