Welcome to the new year!  I am overdue for an update on where my progress towards Zambia is headed.  The past few months have been full of catching up with family and friends and reporting to a few supporting churches from last year.  As I mentioned in my last newsletter, I now officially have a minister's license as of July 2014.  This October I spent a week in Springfield with other new missionaries-to-be.  We spent the week learning some of the ins and outs of missionary life overseas and at home.  We had our official interviews with the Missions Committee and our Area Directors.  I am now a fully-appointed missionary to Zambia with the Assemblies of God.

I am working part time at Southwestern Medical Clinic while I itinerate.  My plans are to take my pediatric board test in early 2016 (once every 10 years).  Around that same time I hope to have my funding raised so I can head over to Zambia.  I am grateful to have excess funds from last year.  They are enough to cover my $12,000 cash budget I need to raise.  I am working on my monthly support now which is a budget of $6,000 monthly.  I appreciate so many who have already supported me last year financially and through many prayers.  I would love to come talk to any church or home group about my plans for my next 3 year term.
I can be reached at heathermarten@peoplepc.com or 269-932-5859.
You can check out my AGWM web page at agmd.org/u/Drheather