Hey team! We are Corey and Laura Jacobs, your leaders for this trip to the Republic of Ireland! The following is off our blog.
Corey joined staff with Adventures in
Missions 3 years ago. Right out of high school he signed up for the
First Year Missionary program and shipped off to Mexico. After being a
participant, he then came back as staff at the Mexico base. In January
2006 he went as a translator with the World Race Brown Team for a
month. While there, he met this really awesome girl named Laura. But of
course, he and Laura are both focused on their mission work, so after a
month, Corey went back to Mexico and Laura continued on around the
world.
For the next 10 months, Corey and Laura emailed and occasionally got to talk on the phone. Corey served in Mexico with FYM (http://www.adventures.org/a/fym/), then led an Ambassador trip to Ireland over the summer, and then FYM in the Dominican Republic that fall. Laura served in 11 countries through the course of 11 months (http://www.theworldrace.org/).
Over Christmas, Corey came and met Laura’s parents, then Corey and
Laura flew to Wisconsin and met Corey’s family, and on New Year’s Day
2007 they got engaged. A week later, Corey flew back to the Dominican
Republic to complete his commitment there. Laura flew to Mexico to
train the next group of World Racers and then back home to Texas for
wedding planning. After another 6 months apart, Corey flew to Texas,
they spent a month together, and today are happily married!
Sounds crazy, huh? In some ways it probably is. The part I left out
though is how incredibly faithful God is and was through the whole
process to make His plans known, loud and clear. The whole story is
riddled with moments when God showed up and said “Hey Laura… my plan
for you includes Corey” or “Hey Corey… this relationship with Laura is
in my will.” It’s so amazing to live a life, listening to God’s
whispers moment by moment walking through life directed by His voice!
Now, Corey and Laura live in Gainesville, Georgia and serve on staff
with Adventures in Missions. Laura is an administrator for World Race,
mobilizing and training future teams to go out. Corey has done a bunch of different things since they moved to Gainesville including- serving during training camps, preparing the grounds and buildings, ministering with the interns in the office, working in the office and picking up small jobs.
The next chapter of our young lives seems to have “Ireland” written at the top of the starting page. We are currently raising support to move to Ireland in January for at least 2 years. For more on that and pictures check out our blog (link at top).
