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12 April 2022 | Bracknell, UK [Roland Dan with ted<\/span><\/em>NEWS]<\/span><\/p>\n

Language interpreter, Jennifer Habricot, had no intention of studying at Newbold College. However, a serendipitous conversation with a friend made her change her mind and join the One Year in Mission and Service (OYIMS) programme. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t planning to do the course, and I didn\u2019t want to come to Newbold,\u201d said Habricot. \u201cHowever, a friend on the course told me I should. At the time, I was working, and was planning to find another job, so I decided to take some time off work. I thought, \u2018Lord, I don\u2019t want to go back to doing the same job, so what shall I do now?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI will go anywhere and do anything as the Lord leads,\u201d said Habricot [Photos: Roland Dan \/ Adventist Media Exchange CC BY 4.0]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another providential conversation provided the answer to that prayer. At a training conference, Habricot met Troy Smith, Newbold\u2019s Student Enrolment Officer. He was \u201cpromoting the College and talked about the OYIMS course\u2026 and so I asked for more information. I prayed about it, filled in the online application form, and soon after, he called to tell me I\u2019d been accepted. I thought, \u2018Okay, I\u2019m going to Newbold\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI must admit, I did not like the first two weeks. However, by the third week, I understood the whole purpose of the course, and now I love it,\u201d Habricot reflects. She specially appreciates how the lectures expanded her spiritual experience and have helped gain a better understanding of \u201cthe context and history of the Bible, Christianity and other religions, which gives the big picture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Students enrolled in the OYIMS programme, study the theory of mission at Newbold for three months, before heading out to their respective mission fields to apply what they have learnt. Habricot has a passion for health and wellbeing and is extremely interested in the medical side of mission work. However, she is keeping an open mind and is willing \u201cto get involved in other mission areas, such as working with the homeless and refugees\u2026 to go anywhere and do anything as the Lord leads.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI would encourage anyone to do this,\u201d said Habricot when asked about her overall thoughts on the course. \u201cIt\u2019s a shame that our church provides so many opportunities for mission, but few people take them up. I believe every young person should take a gap year to do mission work because it is life changing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The original version of this story was published on Newbold College website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Habricot had doubts about joining the One Year in Mission and Service programme; now she invites every young person to take a gap year and do mission work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1577,1588],"tags":[1071,262,232,1024,1025,1072,111],"class_list":["post-10605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-organisational-updates","category-united-kingdom-ireland","tag-city","tag-mission","tag-newbold-college-of-higher-education","tag-oyim","tag-oyims","tag-serve","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10605"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10612,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10605\/revisions\/10612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}