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My journey through seminary and God’s Call to ordained ministry Sunday May 14th is another special day in my faith life and another step in my faith journey. I will be attending the commencement ceremony at Wartburg Theological seminary is Dubuque Iowa to receive my M.Div. (Master of Divinity) degree. As you al know I have a Ph.D. that helped me to come to US and pursue my dream career doing Cancer Research for almost 20 years until 2009. However, while working and pursuing my dream with constant nagging of my pastor Rev. Jeff Lilley and faith family at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Lawrence, I started my theological education in 2003 to be a lay leader of the church. The program is called Parish Ministry Associate (PMA) program. After 3 years of vigorous theological education I was installed in December of 2006. Right after the installation beginning of 2007, I started serving St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, the oldest Lutheran church in Kansas, Valley Falls Lutheran Church. I preached and presided once a month. However, my dear pastor and …show more content…

I was given an option to take classes at St. Paul’s School of Theology, which was in down town, KS.MO, and also to be a distant learning student at Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa. From where I come from when a pastor keeps asking you to do something, we are afraid to say NO. Therefore, I enrolled in classes at both the seminaries. I could afford ($15,000 tuition per year) to go to seminary while I had full time job. I took most of my classes through distant learning and at St. Paul’s School of Theology, KS. Missouri (night classes). I thought things were going pretty good, pastor was happy, I was working hard to understand theology and pass my classes get good grades. I was making plans to go to full time seminary. However, in 2009 I was diagnosed with breast cancer, the day I resigned my job. With dreams shattered, with broken heart I clung to the Lord for

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