It was hard to leave this time but it is really good to be back and I always love getting back to work. Of course I was super excited to see Little Jack!!! (see pics)
Update 8/6/14
Hafa Adai from Guam! Last Saturday I arrived back on Guam
around 7pm and immediately began sweating as I stepped out of the airport back
into the 100% Humidity of Guam. It is good to be back! On Monday I started back to work getting
ready for the upcoming school year. I had an incredible summer full of really
hard things; some very tragic and many encouraging and amazing works of our
lovingly gracious heavenly Father. This summer I got to spend time with many of
you whom I have just met or have been long time supporters and I enjoyed every
minute of those times. You all were very encouraging to me and I felt extremely
loved and well supported. Some of you had me over in your homes, some took me
out to restaurants, some of you I got to worship and serve alongside whether at
camps or on mission. This summer brought the loss of one of the most influential
loving men in my life who loved me when others refused to. He and his wife
pursued me with the Gospel and never gave up. Each summer I look forward to
spending time with Bro. John Warden and his precious wife Paula and this summer
I wasn’t able to see John in person but did get to hear him tell me on the
phone how much he loved me and was proud of me. I did get to spend a beautiful
afternoon with Mrs. Paula who encouraged me and I cherished that time and will
continue to lift up the Warden Family and New Hope Baptist Church. I also lost
a brother in Christ to suicide and my heart is broken for his family and
friends. He loved Jesus and never stopped smiling. I also received news of my
dad’s medical condition and he has a rare type of cancer. I was able to fly out
and spend some much needed quality time with both my parents. I’m not sure what will happen with this and
not sure if I will see him again and this had weighed heavy on my heart and
mind especially as I boarded that plane Friday morning to fly more than 7,000
miles away. This was one of the toughest decisions I have had to make to leave
my family and return to the mission field, but I felt clear about God’s calling
for me this semester and had to be obedient and trust that my dad belongs to
Him and He will care for him far better than I could. Six years ago on a
mission trip to Palau my dad almost died and I remember him telling me that I could
not stay with him at the hospital but I was to go to the village and share the
Gospel. As I shared the Gospel with a young boy his shirt had a passage written
on it, it was found in Luke 9:59-62 “[59] To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first
go and bury my father.” [60] And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury
their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” [61] Yet
another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those
at my home.” [62] Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and
looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”) This passage hit home that day and I
knew then that God’s calling upon my life would be big and it would change
everything and it did. As I boarded the plan Friday I remembered this passage
and I know that God is in complete control and my dad is His!
With all of that I am excited to see what God will do here at Pacific
Islands University over this next school year. I will be starting Seminary
working on my Masters of Theology and Religion with a concentration in
Counseling. I will also be working as the Dean of Women as well as teaching our
Freshmen Research and Study Skills class. Below are some ways you can be praying
for me over this next couple weeks:
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That we, as a newly
formed Student Life Team, would be sensitive to the Spirit’s leading and
obedient to His calling and direction for the upcoming school year.
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Please
pray for our Leadership Summit which will begin next Wednesday the 13th.
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Pray
for all of the new and returning students that God will begin to prepare them
for what He has for them.
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Be
in prayer for our Administration as they begin the registration process as well
as begin the business side of the school year.
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As
for me personally I ask that you pray for wisdom and discernment in my decisions
and leadership of our students. And that
my time with the Lord in the Word and in prayer would be rich and fruitful.
In closing
I want to say thank you to all who have invested time, financially and
prayerfully in me and the calling in which God has graciously placed upon my
life! To my home church Grace Baptist Church for all your love and care you
have given this summer. To New Hope Baptist Church for your continued
faithfulness to me and to Jesus. To First Baptist Goulson and Pastor James and
family for your continued prayer and love you have showed me. To First Baptist
Susanville although our time was so short your love and support for my family
during this very difficult time means so much. You as a church have been so
faithful to me. To the Central Texas Southern Baptist Association I want to say
thank you for your gracious support each month, which truly has made a way for
me to continue serving here on Guam. You
cannot possibly know what it means to say “my association” it has been such an
encouragement and has taken off great pressure financially so that I am able to
focus on the ministry that God has blessed me with. Thank you all for your
faithfulness and support. I will work hard to get frequent updates out to you.
For His
Name Sake,
Daisy E.
Murdock
Dean of Women
Pacific Islands University
How you can give or send packages:
Daisy E. Murdock
172 Kinney’s Rd
Mangilao, GU 96913
*Flat rate boxes are cheapest J
Donations and Support:
First State Bank
Acct.# 4168443
Daisy E. Murdock
*You can also give at Grace Baptist Church or to Steven
Puckett
