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Report from Turkish missionary
By Maxine Christiansen
Joan Iwen, a missionary to Turkey, is a niece of Donna Schutt of Exira. Periodically she sends a letter to the Brayton Lutheran Church Women, of which Donna is a member, telling of her work.
At the present time, Joan is residing in Norfolk, Neb. with friends Bill and Jan Gear and Suzy Busskohl, who have welcomed her into their homes for accommodation during the seven months since she has been back in the United States. Joan’s mother lives in Persia, Iowa.
She tells of her experience of starting back to school again and relates that the first time she found herself the only person in the classroom, and the class was supposed to have started 10 minutes before. The class was “Research Design,” and she guessed that she would have to do a little more “research” to figure out where the rest of the class was, as well as the teacher. Her first semester back to school in the Spring of 2008 was sprinkled with similar events characterizing a transition back to life in the United States. Somehow she managed to show up on the wrong night for the first class, adding to the jitters of returning to school.
However, now she has completed 21 of the needed 50 credit hours for the Masters Degree in Counseling. She is attending Wayne State College and finds it to be positive and motivational.
She was offered one of the graduate assistant roles at the college for the coming fall/spring semesters. This will include assisting on of the professors with the Beginning Counseling class in the fall with more responsibilities for the class in the spring of 2009. By doing this, she will receive considerable financial assistance with tuition for two semesters and possibility of continuing in the fall of 2009.
Included in the Masters program is an internship which she hopes to do at Oasis Counseling International in the summer of 2009. She hopes to return to Turkey in December 2009.
Meanwhile in Turkey, the annual Southeast Turkish Christian Women’s conference was held in Antakya. Many of her Turkish friends attended. She also tells of the bombing of the US Consulate in Istanbul in July in which some policemen and assailants were killed and the attack was attributed by the Istanbul police to Al-Qaida links.
Joan asks for prayer for ongoing tensions in that part of the world and she tells of the 20 Days of Muslim Prayer Focus, which is available now in time for Ramadan (the month of fasting in Islam). Ramadon takes place from Sep. 1-30 this year and the dates move forward by 11 days every year.
Joan has served as a missionary and counselor for several year in Turkey and periodically comes back to the United States on leave from her work.
At the present time, Joan is residing in Norfolk, Neb. with friends Bill and Jan Gear and Suzy Busskohl, who have welcomed her into their homes for accommodation during the seven months since she has been back in the United States. Joan’s mother lives in Persia, Iowa.
She tells of her experience of starting back to school again and relates that the first time she found herself the only person in the classroom, and the class was supposed to have started 10 minutes before. The class was “Research Design,” and she guessed that she would have to do a little more “research” to figure out where the rest of the class was, as well as the teacher. Her first semester back to school in the Spring of 2008 was sprinkled with similar events characterizing a transition back to life in the United States. Somehow she managed to show up on the wrong night for the first class, adding to the jitters of returning to school.
However, now she has completed 21 of the needed 50 credit hours for the Masters Degree in Counseling. She is attending Wayne State College and finds it to be positive and motivational.
She was offered one of the graduate assistant roles at the college for the coming fall/spring semesters. This will include assisting on of the professors with the Beginning Counseling class in the fall with more responsibilities for the class in the spring of 2009. By doing this, she will receive considerable financial assistance with tuition for two semesters and possibility of continuing in the fall of 2009.
Included in the Masters program is an internship which she hopes to do at Oasis Counseling International in the summer of 2009. She hopes to return to Turkey in December 2009.
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Joan asks for prayer for ongoing tensions in that part of the world and she tells of the 20 Days of Muslim Prayer Focus, which is available now in time for Ramadan (the month of fasting in Islam). Ramadon takes place from Sep. 1-30 this year and the dates move forward by 11 days every year.
Joan has served as a missionary and counselor for several year in Turkey and periodically comes back to the United States on leave from her work.
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