On the Journey, Together

On the Journey, Together! These were my thoughts when I was first elected president of WMU of Texas in 2019. I didn’t know what might be ahead, but I knew I would not be going alone, thank goodness! We have had a great Board of Directors, staff, and Executive Director-Treasurer to journey together.

Many plans and ideas were made and it looked like it would be full of meaningful stops along the way. Then things came to a screeching halt when the pandemic hit at the close of our March board meeting in 2020. The journey was challenging over the next two years, but creativity helped us keep going. We all learned about Zoom and how to use technology to share WMU across Texas. We were all so grateful in 2021, when the journey brought us back together, in person, and we could more easily carry on the work.

Helen Keller once said, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” As with any journey, you will miss some stops along the way, but the journey continues, and we followed the Lord’s leadership in all we did.

Thank you for the journey, together, the past four years!

Se hicieron muchos planes e ideas y parecía que iba a estar lleno de paradas significativas a lo largo del camino. Sin embargo, todo se paró en seco cuando se produjo la pandemia al final de nuestra junta de Marzo de 2020. El viaje fue todo un reto durante los dos años siguientes, pero la creatividad nos ayudó a seguir adelante. Todos aprendimos sobre Zoom y cómo utilizar la tecnología para compartir WMU a través de Texas. Todos estábamos muy agradecidos en 2021, cuando el viaje nos reunió de nuevo, en persona, y pudimos continuar el trabajo más fácilmente.

Helen Keller dijo una vez: "Solos podemos hacer tan poco; juntos podemos hacer mucho". Como en cualquier viaje, te perderás algunas paradas en el camino, pero el viaje continúa, y seguimos el liderazgo del Señor en todo lo que hicimos.

¡Gracias por el viaje, juntos, los últimos cuatro años!

En el Viaje, ¡Juntos! Estos fueron mis pensamientos cuando fui elegida presidenta de WMU de Texas en 2019. No sabía lo que vendría en el futuro, pero sabía que no iría sola. Gracias a Dios, hemos tenido una gran Junta Directiva, equipo y Directora Ejecutiva-Tesorera para viajar juntos.

EARL ANN BUMPUS President, WMU of Texas 2019-2023

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