MICHEALS’ MEMOIRS August 2022 Update
Dear Friends and Family, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 As Christians, we are familiar with these words from the preacher who wrote the book of Ecclesiastes. That preacher was likely Solomon and the wisdom is as true when it was written as it is for us today and for Chuck these words have also rung true these past few months. A time and season for everything.
As the beginning of this year started, Chuck began to sense that his work as a recruiter was coming-to-a-close. Things in the recruitment team changed and by mid-summer he realized that it was a time to reflect on finding new work with Wycliffe. After 22 years of recruiting with Wycliffe, he requested a change of assignment. As part of that process, he was assigned a Wycliffe Resource Coordinator staff care person. He also requested a Wycliffe Career Development Specialist be assigned to him to help with that transition and with a combination of these two people, he was able to assess his stage in life and take a renewed look at his skills, passions and gifts and come to a decision about a new assignment with Wycliffe. One of the things Chuck discovered was that the recruitment job he had been in had changed so much over the years that it was no longer a good job fit. In the change of assignment process he also 1|Page
realized that it was time to be more of a Wycliffe “Care” provider for Wycliffe missionary staff than a recruiter for new missionary staff. When Chuck discovered that there was a need for more Care staff (known as Wycliffe Resource Coordinators or an RC), it seemed a natural next step in his service with Wycliffe. As part of this RC role, he will be extending care to Wycliffe missionary staff who are dealing with the challenges of serving overseas for extended periods of time, members who are coming home for a furlough and need help connecting to their prayer, financial partners and churches, those wishing to stay in Wycliffe and are looking for a new assignment and those getting ready to finish their service with Wycliffe. In many ways, this new RC care role will be like a book end to the recruiting book end he has been involved in. Missionary Recruitment Work 2000 - 2022
Missionary Staff Care Work 2022 Onwards Chuck’s experience in serving overseas, serving as a leader in Wycliffe both overseas and stateside, serving as a recruiter by helping people join Wycliffe and his significant knowledge of Wycliffe and the resources it offers and a personal relationship with hundreds of Wycliffe staff and Wycliffe leadership all make this job a wonderful fit!!! Would you pray for Chuck as he takes on this new work starting September 1? Pray he will learn this new RC work quickly as he is assigned to help care for Wycliffe missionary staff. Many of them will be people Chuck helped join Wycliffe and so he is looking forward to reconnecting with these Wycliffe colleagues.