HIS MISSION REMAINS: A Letter from the Executive Director

I used to ask God for the hard callings. I wanted to serve on the fringe, in the trenches. The place where the line between heaven and hell felt thin. I suppose that’s why He answered by calling me into this work of anti-trafficking, to that thin hard place between evil and good, dark and light. But once you get here, you realize how utterly heartbreaking it is. To experience the deepest crevices of brokenness in the world and share in the Lord’s grief. To allow those hard places to press upon your own brokenness. To allow God’s long work of healing to begin. 

It’s been a beautiful journey serving at Wings of Refuge these past four years. That’s what makes it really hard to hand the baton. Later this spring, I’ll be stepping away from my role as Executive Director. While I’ll continue sewing into this ministry as a supporter and volunteer, my role will change. At first, that decision felt impossibly hard as I’ve come to feel such personal responsibility for this mission. And that’s why it was such a grace when the Lord reminded me that it is His mission – the mission He has appointed to the Wings of Refuge organization – not burdened to one person. The Lord has called Wings to the long, slow work of healing and restoration. He will continue to call people to join Him in stewarding that mission, and those people will inevitably come and go in their season. His mission will remain. 

I hope you will continue to join Him. 

Erin German will be serving as the Interim Executive Director. She has been serving as the Finance Director and will expand her responsibilities during this leadership transition. I’ll be joining staff with Prairie Ridge Church in Ankeny, IA as the Director of Outreach. In this role, I’ll oversee the relationship with Wings as well as our other community and mission partners - supporting the work on behalf of the church body. 

Thank you for your continued support and prayers for the mission at Wings, for helping to hold the place where the line is thin…and breakthrough is possible. 

In grace,

Brandy