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There Is No Maybe So

Posted on June 15, 2023June 15, 2023 by Pam

4/27/23

There is No Maybe So

Some of you may have noticed that I have been other places lately. I thought I would let you in a bit on the how, when, where, and why of my leaving 9/29/22 and returning 4/2/23.

If you have been following my blog, pamschmoll.com, this is old news! It began with retiring in July and then prepping for YWAM 50+. Youth With A Mission (in existence for 50+ years) has added a DTS (Discipleship Training School) for people like me. It began for me in Wiler, Switzerland, with more cows than people. Wiler is near the Swiss Alps and we studied the Bible with missions topics for three months. We worked at an afterschool program in Biel for the beginning of our service then mostly worked in East London. I was unable to post photos of the people we worked with at food banks, pre-schools, fixing meals for asylum seekers, and door-knocking to encourage people back to church after covid restrictions. Our team of eight also cleaned, painted, gardened, collected trash, visited neighbors in the area, and did anything we were asked to do for others. Talk about tired but it was a hard-won joy to just be with people in need and listen and share. I also visited some wonderful people working in Albania and hope to return. I was able to take my friend, Jane’s, ashes to a Monet Garden in Paris and then rested up in Florence, Italy (my only bucket list destination), then home via Rome.

The reason I am capsulating this adventure is that the how I went was friends helped support the mission. The why I went follows here.

A God who can create all this can certainly plan a future for you and me. My unique DNA is that I am a lover of people and I have a heart to serve where there is need. I am a connector and communicator. So far I am healthy despite tripping over my suitcase near the end having missed another giant marble step. That’s what knee braces are for!

I am so grateful that God loves me and listens and speaks to me every day. Jesus saves me every day and Holy Spirit guides and counsels me every day.

I went for opportunities to share this hope. We all vote yes or no to the good news of Jesus’ saving grace. There is no third option – maybe so. I believe we each have a unique path that goes with our unique gifting with the goal of using our gifts up before this part of our story ends and a Heavenly story begins. Come with me? I wanted you to know that I was not just touring this beautiful world but it was a blast!  

"Thoughts from a genuinely evaluative mind."

Pam writes so that must make her a writer. Recently retired, she can now fill days with family, friends, missions, writing, creating, and showing up for whomever needs her. Pam loves the Lord and people. The Bible is God’s love letter to us (and who does not need more love) so she studies and writes some more.

Pam lives in the Pacific Northwest but was home-grown in Southern California. She attended San Jose Bible College and finished a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry at UCLA. She became a teacher, then a Research and Development Chemist, then she built two successful real estate businesses in two states. Pam also pursued study at Fuller Theological Seminary and just completed six months serving in missions abroad.

Pam has two amazing children, married to two precious in-laws, and five sweet grandchildren. Pam is a gifted connector and communicator and the Northwest has the perfect climate for staying inside and writing – or baking! She has been writing since a wee one and is currently converting many years of blogging, by topic, into ten books. The first is a collection from 2011 titled, Beautiful Enough. The second is a yearly day-timer titled, Weekly Planner - Lessons in Life, Glory, and Grace. Number three is in progress with the working title, Christmas Today.

Ten facts about Pam in no particular order:

  1. On the team that developed an insulation for the Alaskan oil pipeline.
  2. Loves looking at homes, decorating, and has flipped five homes.
  3. Likes being tall.
  4. Films have helped define her vocabulary.
  5. Comes from Colorado tenement farmers with history traced to Wales.
  6. Was lost but now is found.
  7. Baking makes her happy – as does eating sweets with coffee, of course.
  8. She thinks mission work is the most important work in the world.
  9. The church started in Rome so she is learning Italian.
  10. Pam is a work in progress!

“I will be your God throughout your lifetime - until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.” Isaiah 46:4

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