Go

We are pleased to officially announce the launch of the Go Initiative, a short term mission program we've started in our home church to help provide domestic and international mission opportunities to those in our community.  

The idea of starting a short term mission program has been at the back of our minds since the beginning of our ministry in 2019, but with trying to raise support and move to Australia full-time, it was simply too much to try to take on at once. Now, with the events of this past year forcing us to step down from full-time support raising for a time, we found that it provided an opportunity for us to partake in a different kind of ministry that will further prepare us for the field and give other's the opportunity to share it with us.

The current plan is to send a team out of Hale, Michigan once every year, alternating years between domestic and international trips. We will be doing various types of ministries including children's ministry, open-air evangelism, and sports ministry through Sports Event Evangelism with whom we went to the Paris Olympics this summer. You can check out some of our upcoming trips below or contact us regarding further details on our updated website at http://www.siministry.org/

1. We are still working on deciding between two domestic ministry opportunities in the latter half of 2025, and should have a definite answer by the end of February. We will announce this in our next newsletter. 

2. We will be taking a team to Uganda in May of 2026 to help ABWE missionaries Denny and Cassie Nuwagaba with their children's camp ministry. This will be a ten day trip on which we will run a Vacation Bible School style program for upwards to around two hundred children and teens. We are actively fundraising for this, so if you are in the area, feel free to drop off your empty soda cans or stay tuned for upcoming events.  

3. The Soccer World Cup is a ministry under Sports Event Evangelism, and we will be leading a small group to participate in handing out devotional booklets in June of 2026. We do not have too much information on this yet, but will make it available to you as we move through the planning process.  

4. The 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California  is also under Sports Event Evangelism and we will be looking to take a team in July-August of 2028. 

Editing for book two of the Shadow Series, War of the Rising Phoenix, is well underway and so far, I am very happy with the progress we've been making. Please pray that it would continue to go well, that the Lord would help us tie things together the way He sees fit. 

In other news, exactly two weeks from today, I will be revealing a special, top-secret project I've been working on the past few months, so stay tuned! An email will be sent to your inbox on February 10th at 11am EST. 

For more information on the Go Initiative or on any of our upcoming trips, you can visit our updated website at http://www.siministry.org/ or contact me directly at hanna.shields@abwego.org.

For more book news, you can visit the author page on our website, or follow Author Hanna M. Shields on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/people/Author-Hanna-M-Shields/100089481910956/