Whoa!!! Hold on a minute. What in the world is a Missionary Technology Specialist???
Well, I am. Yep Misty Graveley is a MTS.
Really! So I take it your internship went well! So what is it that you do??
Yes! My internship was amazing! I learned so much! What I will be doing is setting up alternative power sources for other missionaries on the field. I will be there to help them set-up things that they will need to live in a tribal village. As well as help the missionaries who live in the city supporting the tribal missionaries. I will do things like fix wiring, generators, frig/freezers, solar panels, and a bunch of other things like that.
Oh, so you do not work with computers?
Not really. I do know a little about them, but when I say technology I do not mean computers.
Okay. When are you looking at doing all of this?
I am hopefully heading to Brazil in the fall of 2011 to start my National Language and Culture training.
Wow!! That is not very long, what do you have left to do before you go?
Right now I am raising my support to head over. I would like to be at 60% before I go. You see NTM is a faith based mission. All of their missionaries have to raise their own support.
That is interesting, how do you raise support?
Talking to people like you is how I start. I am also looking for churches that would be interested in letting me speak at their church and share about my mission. If not to a whole church I would also like to share with a small group of people. Like: a Bible study, Youth group, or Ladies group.