God used this opportunity as a way to take me through the back door of participating in an STP.” “This job offer was what I was looking for. She smiled and laughed as she talked about how God positioned her for an STP. But Leann knew I had culinary and kitchen experience,” Zella shared. I would have initially thought this wouldn’t be a good use of my time. “Not in a million years would I have signed up for an STP. She recommended Zella for a chef position with a Navigators Summer Training Program (STP) (discipleship training during summer employment). It was through this Bible study, co-led by Leann, where God changed Zella’s heart about her future.Īs Leann and Zella got to know each other, Leann discovered Zella’s hopes for a summer job. Zella was already a believer, but wasn’t involved with a community where she grew in her faith and consistently studied the Bible. How Discipleship Starts with Asking Genuine Questionsĭuring Zella’s junior year at NYU, a friend asked if she would like to attend a Navigators Collegiate Bible study. It all started with an invitation to Bible study. Zella calls herself a recovering textbook perfectionist that God led to missions through ways she didn’t expect. She had hoped to join the Peace Corps after graduation. Missions wasn’t her plan with a double major in Food Studies and Spanish. Zella never imagined she’d serve a two-year internship in Puerto Rico or that she’d add to the spiritual generations through passing along the Life-to-Life discipleship she received from Leann through Bible study with Sofia. I stepped back and thanked God, ‘Wow, God! You are doing this and that’s amazing!’” I want to be what Leann was for me for other women. This meant a lot to me because that was my prayer. “She looked at me and smiled and said, ‘So you’re like my Leann!’ I beamed at hearing her say those words. Many times I had mentioned Leann Sebald, a Navigator who I did life with and discipled me at New York University (NYU),” Zella shared. “There was a moment when had an epiphany. It was months after first meeting Sofia at Universidad de Puerto Rico en Arecibo (UPRA) that Zella realized her prayers for a Life-to-Life Ⓡ discipleship relationship had been answered.
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