{"id":20997,"date":"2021-10-20T14:56:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T20:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/?p=20997"},"modified":"2021-10-20T14:56:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T20:56:49","slug":"molly-is-leaving-in-two-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/news\/molly-is-leaving-in-two-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly is Leaving in Two Weeks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-862 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Moly-Morton-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Moly-Morton-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Moly-Morton-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Moly-Morton-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Moly-Morton.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Here I am, two weeks away from my departure date feeling all the feelings as I anticipate moving to Ireland for full-time ministry. I am so grateful for the ways I have been loved, encouraged, supported, affirmed, and challenged during this time of transition. I received some great news last week about my vehicle fund &#8211; look below:<\/p>\n<div>\n<table style=\"background-color: #c8ced6;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CM_uym0-f1w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>My outfitting budget, which is one-time costs involved in moving and settling down in Ireland is still underfunded by about $3,000. Please pray about giving to this fund as I get ready to transition to living and working in Ireland. If you feel led to help, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.friendsmission.com\/morton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-link-type=\"web\">donate here<\/a>. Please make sure to designate your gift as &#8220;Outfitting Costs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, my home church, Glendora Friends commissioned and sent me off with a beautiful open house under twinkly lights complete with homemade pie and some of my favorite people. My small group led the gathering in a beautiful prayer of blessing that makes me tear up just thinking about it. Thank you to my family at Glendora Friends that have walked alongside me for fifteen years and will continue on the journey with me. The next two weeks will be full of dinners, coffee dates, long hugs, tearful prayers, and lots of packing. My other home church, Gateway Friends will have a special time of prayer for my launch this coming Sunday and formal commissioning on October 31. Gateway has wiggled its way into my heart so this will be another bittersweet goodbye.<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20998 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-1-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-1-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20999 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-2-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Morton-October-2021-Glendora-Friends-Send-Off-2-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Words seem to fail me when I try to describe how grateful I am for the powerful work of God in the last few months as well as the faithfulness of so many of you across the US that support, pray, and advocate for me. Please continue praying for me and my teammates as I transition from a very full life in California complete with ever-present family and friends into full-time ministry overseas with new friends and colleagues. Pray for all of the details that need to come together in the next two weeks, all of the packing that needs to get organized, and all of the \u201csee you laters\u201d that will be said. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Molly<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here I am, two weeks away from my departure date feeling all the feelings as I anticipate moving to Ireland for full-time ministry. I am so grateful for the ways I have been loved, encouraged, supported, affirmed, and challenged during this time of transition. 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