Emily Zanke
Hello my name is Emily Zanke. There are so many reasons why i wanted to live out this year through Mission Year! I’ll start by just introducing myself. I am 19 years old, I am in my first year of college, I was adopted from South Korea when i was 5 months old, I enjoy anything to do with art! (I’m not sure what else to put…plus its probably boring.) This first year of college has been….hard. Pretty much from day one of my first semester of college i have been looking at organizations to do missions work with. I feel so blessed to be part of MY! I haven’t been sure at all what i want to do or what career to pursue…and frankly I’m sick of people asking me! I have been reading the irresistible revolution by Shane Claiborne and this quote pretty much sums up my life as of late….“I’m not too concerned with what i am going to do. i am more interested in who i am becoming. i want to be a lover of God and people.” So i am just so excited about this new experience/challenge i have set in front of me!!!! MY seems like the perfect way to dedicate a year to God and just worry about loving him and people…not about what job i will have in the future! I can’t wait to see where God takes me next. Already through this whole process of praying and thinking about joining MY God has taught me a lot! I am a fairly new Christian, its been about 4 years since i first got saved. My first missions trip has left me with a passion and heart for missions! I know this experience will be life changing at some points very difficult and challenging….but i don’t want this to be easy….I don’t expect it to. I am looking forward to stepping out of my comfortable life and chasing after the Lord!
About Mission Year
Mission Year is a year long urban ministry program focused on Christian service and discipleship. We take teams of young people, place them in an area of need, and help them to serve people and create community. We are committed to the command of Jesus to “love God and love people,” by placing the needs of our neighbors first and developing committed disciples of Christ with a heart for the poor. Learn more about our first year program…
Emily Zanke's Blog
If You Say Go / Jun 24, 11:24 AM
I’ve got less than three months to go! I would be lying if I said that I was not worried at all. One thing that God has been teaching me is that He does have a plan for me and takes me for exactly who I am, at every moment. I know that is sort of a given, but learning it is a lot harder than it sounds, at least for me. One of my biggest worries is not knowing where I will be in September, yes I know I will be in Atlanta, but where will I be spiritually and emotionally? If I can’t help myself with my small daily troubles, how will I be able to help anyone else? I begin to doubt myself that I could be any help or service to anyone else. Even if I don’t have everything together by September, the Lord has still called me to this awesome adventure, and I will not be abandoned. He will still take me as I am, even when I’m not fully satisfied with where I am at. One of my favorite worship songs is If You Say Go. My favorite lines are, “if you say step out on the water and they say it can’t be done we will fix our eyes on you and we will come. If you call us to the fire you will not withdraw your hand we will gaze into the flames and look for you.” So even when I doubt myself and I begin to think that I would be useless the Lord tells me to fix my eyes on Him. When He asks me to do something I think impossible, I learn that anything can be done through him. When he calls me to Atlanta in September, even if I feel I am not capable, He promises he wouldn’t call me to the fire and then withdraw his hand.
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